By MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER and EMMA RICHTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published: 22:20 BST, 31 August 2026 | Updated: 02:51 BST, 1 September 2026
A knife-wielding woman was shot and killed by police officers in New York City on Monday after she allegedly went on a stabbing spree in the heart of Times Square, killing one.
Pamela Cisneros Lopez, 49, had stabbed a woman and a man just before 4.30pm at the intersection of West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan's busy downtown, sources told the Daily Mail.
She then fled north toward the New York Police Department substation, where police confronted her.
Video from the scene showed Lopez with large knives in both hands as at least half a dozen NYPD officers surrounded her, some with their weapons raised, as frightened tourists screamed and swarmed the area.
When the suspect, dressed in a pink T-shirt, jeans and a cross-body bag, then starts moving her arms in large circles, an officer could be seen approaching her and a shot could be heard, followed by two more in rapid succession.
Still, Lopez charged at cops, prompting officers to fire two more times.
The video then ended with the woman lying on the ground as officers race to handcuff her, before apparently realizing she was shot and beginning CPR.
Lopez and her two victims were then rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where she and one of her victims, a female tourist, were pronounced dead, according to AMNY.
Meanwhile, authorities recovered the woman's weapon, with photos from the scene showing officers carrying a large kitchen knife.
The NYPD released an image of the two kitchen knives used in the deadly attack
Police responded to a report about a knifepoint robbery in Times Square on Monday afternoon, but authorities now believe the woman responsible did not have a clear motive for the attack
A knife-wielding woman was shot by police in the middle of Times Square as hundreds of terrified tourists watched on. She stabbed a man and a woman before shots rang out
The woman and her two victims have since been rushed to a local hospital in critical condition
