Woman Stabs 2, Killing One, in Times Square and Is Shot Dead by N.Y.P.D.

The police fired at the knife-wielding woman after trying to use less lethal force, officials said. By Andy Newman Maria Cramer Chelsia Rose Marcius and Caitlyn Freeman A woman stabbed at least two people in Times Square on Monday afternoon, one fatally, and was shot dead by the police after she refused to put down two knives, according to two people with knowledge of the episode. It was not immediately clear how seriously injured the other victim was. Aliou Diaye, a fruit vendor, saw a woman wearing a pink shirt stab another woman right in front of his stand at Seventh Avenue and West 41st Street, in the crowded heart of Times Square, just before 4:30 p.m. “She didn’t say nothing,” said Mr. Diaye, 62. “She walked up to her.

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