{"id":334316,"date":"2026-09-01T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334316\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T00:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T00:01:06","slug":"nypd-cops-kill-emotionally-disturbed-woman-in-times-square-after-stabbing-spree-leaves-one-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334316\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD cops kill emotionally disturbed woman in Times Square after stabbing spree leaves one dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

A knife-wielding mentally ill woman who killed a stranger and left another in critical condition<\/a> in a bloody stabbing spree near Times Square<\/a> was shot and killed by NYPD cops Monday after refusing to drop the knives she was swinging, according to witnesses and law enforcement.<\/p>\n

The suspect attacked her first victim<\/a> at W. 41st St. and Seventh Ave. in Midtown around 4:25 p.m., sources said.\u00a0 She stabbed the second victim a block north at W. 42nd St. before continuing to W. 43rd St., where she was shot when at least one officer opened fire, sources said.<\/p>\n

Both stabbing victims, a man and a woman, and the suspect were taken to Bellevue Hospital<\/a>, where the wounded woman and the suspect died, according to sources. The man is in critical condition, sources said.<\/p>\n

\"AA woman was shot by NYPD cops after refusing to drop two knives she was swinging as she approached them in Times Square Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Seventh Ave. and W. 43rd St. in Midtown Manhattan. (Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Construction worker Jorge Disla was heading home when he came upon the scene and used his phone to record video of the woman swinging a knife in each hand.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe police tried to speak with her,\u201d said Disla, 57. \u201cThey were shouting, \u2018Drop the knives!\u2019<\/p>\n

The woman then approached police, who initially tried to subdue her with a taser before shooting her, sources said.<\/p>\n

\"AA woman was shot by NYPD cops after refusing to drop two knives she was swinging as she approached them in Times Square Monday. (Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The video shows a woman in a pink shirt in a standoff with cops, who surround her outside a police station<\/a>. She begins to swing the knives as she approaches the officers when shots can be heard and she collapses.<\/p>\n

\"AA woman was shot by NYPD cops after refusing to drop two knives she was swinging as she approached them in Times Square Monday. (Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Another witness told the Daily News they saw the aftermath of the stabbings before police arrived on the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was crossing at 42nd St. I saw a guy bleeding profusely from his right leg. He was gushing blood, saying, \u2018I need help. Help me,’\u201d said Linda Ruiz, 58.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to get a cop on the corner and there was another lady on the floor. She was stabbed in the back or in the chest,\u201d said Ruiz. \u201cI couldn\u2019t tell. There was a lot of blood. She wasn\u2019t conscious. The police were trying to resuscitate her. But she wasn\u2019t moving. It was horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AA woman (pictured here in pink) was shot by NYPD cops after refusing to drop two knives she was swinging as she approached them in Times Square Monday. (Courtesy of Jorge Disla)<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A knife-wielding mentally ill woman who killed a stranger and left another in critical condition in a bloody…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,84,83,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-334316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334316","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=334316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}