{"id":334192,"date":"2026-08-31T21:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334192\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T21:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:39:02","slug":"nyc-times-square-shooting-stabbing-reports-whats-happening-in-manhattan-police-presence-on-seventh-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334192\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Times Square shooting, stabbing reports: What’s happening in Manhattan? Police presence on Seventh Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update (5:36pm EDT): Police sources told FOX 5 NY that two people were reportedly stabbed before an Asian woman, who was identified as the alleged attacker, was confronted by NYPD officers.<\/p>\n

\"NYCNYC Times Square shooting (Unsplash)<\/p>\n

The woman is reportedly receiving CPR. The identities and conditions of the two people who were stabbed are not yet known.<\/p>\n

Initial story: A heavy police and emergency response was seen in the heart of Times Square, NYC <\/a>on Monday after a person carrying a knife was shot<\/a>. The shooting happened near one of Manhattan\u2019s <\/a>busiest areas.<\/p>\n

Where it happened<\/p>\n

Sources told PIX11 that the incident took place at the intersection of 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue. A traffic camera captured a heavy emergency response on Seventh Avenue around 4:45pm.<\/p>\n

Also read: Lawrence, MA shooting update: 3 teens shot near Lawrence High School; public urged to avoid Crawford and Exeter streets<\/a><\/p>\n

More than a dozen emergency response and police vehicles were seen on the street following the shooting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was an officer-involved shooting<\/p>\n

The NYPD said one person was shot during an officer-involved shooting in Times Square on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Police said they fired shots during a reported knifepoint robbery <\/a>at 4:27pm, between Seventh Avenue West and 42nd and 43rd Streets, as per ABC7 News.<\/a><\/p>\n

The condition of the person who was shot is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n

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Streets closed as investigation continues<\/p>\n

Police are closing streets in Times Square as the investigation continues, and have asked people to avoid West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update (5:36pm EDT): Police sources told FOX 5 NY that two people were reportedly stabbed before an Asian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,125669,23869,9,24,63,125668,2027,125670,103073],"class_list":["post-334192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-manhattan-shootin","tag-manhattan-shooting","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-shooting-times-square","tag-times-square","tag-times-square-now","tag-times-square-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}