Why did NYPD shoot woman after Times Square stabbing?
A woman armed with knives stabbed a man and a woman near Times Square, and one of the victims, a female tourist, died. When NYPD officers confronted the suspect, 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros Lopez, near West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue as she fled towards them, they shot and killed her [1, 3].
Sources
- Woman shot dead by NYPD after fatal Times Square stabbing
- NYPD warns public to avoid Times Square amid officer-involved shooting — Fox News
- Woman wielding knife in busy Times Square is shot by police in front of hundreds of tourists — Daily Mail
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