Overview
- The attack took place in Times Square on Monday afternoon when a woman produced two knives and stabbed two people within seconds near 41st–42nd Street and Seventh Avenue.
- Officers confronted the suspect outside a nearby NYPD substation, used tasers that proved ineffective, and two officers then fired their service weapons; the suspect was taken to Bellevue Hospital and later died.
- One of the people stabbed died at the hospital and the other was hospitalized; city officials later described the second victim as in stable condition.
- Authorities identified the suspect as 49‑year‑old Pamela Cisneros of Queens and said she had prior incidents tied to mental‑health concerns but no arrest record for those events.
- NYPD investigators are reviewing body, surveillance and bystander video and officials have said there is no indication the attack was linked to terrorism while the city examines police tactics and mental‑health response options.