NYPD
Cops Shoot Knife-Wielding Girl After Lethal Instances Sq. Assault
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August 31, 2026
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The NYPD fatally shot a girl after authorities say she stabbed two individuals in a terrifying rampage by means of New York Metropolis’s busy Instances Sq. earlier than turning a knife on responding officers.
Authorities say the chaos unfolded when the 49 yr previous girl allegedly stabbed a person after which a girl in lower than 30 seconds. NYPD officers rushed to the scene, the place they encountered the girl nonetheless armed with a knife.
Wild video captures the tense confrontation as officers repeatedly ordered her to drop the weapon. Police say the girl as a substitute threatened to kill the officers whereas advancing towards them with the knife, prompting them to open fireplace.
The lady was pronounced lifeless.
In keeping with the New York Submit, one of many two stabbing victims later died from their accidents. The situation of the second sufferer has not been launched.
The NYPD is investigating the officer concerned taking pictures, which is commonplace process.
