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NYPD Officers Shoot Woman After Times Square Stabbings

9/1/2026

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Summary

Story summary

NYPD officers shot an emotionally disturbed woman after she stabbed two people in Times Square.
One stabbing victim died at a hospital.
The stabbings occurred at 4:26 p.m. on 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue.
Police shot the woman at 4:27 p.m. after she fled north toward an NYPD substation.
Authorities said the attack was not terror-related and are investigating her mental-health history.

History

Historical Context

After the 1960s deinstitutionalization left many mentally ill people without outpatient care, police became default responders. A 1988 Memphis police shooting of an African-American man spurred the city’s first Crisis Intervention Team, training 100 officers and cutting related shootings by about 30 %; the model now guides over 2,700 agencies, prompting calls for expanded CIT training after the NYPD’s recent Times Square shooting.

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Story summary

NYPD officers shot an emotionally disturbed woman after she stabbed two people in Times Square.
One stabbing victim died at a hospital.
The stabbings occurred at 4:26 p.m. on 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue.
Police shot the woman at 4:27 p.m. after she fled north toward an NYPD substation.
Authorities said the attack was not terror-related and are investigating her mental-health history.

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