Woman shot by police in Times Square after two stabbed in robbery

The woman allegedly began threatening people with two knives

A knife-wielding woman stabbed two people in New York’s Times Square on Monday before she was shot by police, according to authorities and US media. Local news reports said the suspect was taken to a hospital in critical condition, while the status of the two victims was not immediately clear. Police reportedly do not

The shooting occurred in the hub of New York City at 4.27pm local time, between Seventh Avenue West and 42nd and 43rd Streets, the New York Police Department said

The stabbings occurred at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. The woman allegedly fled north toward the NYPD substation, where police confronted her, authorities said.

The New York Police Department (NYPC) said shots were fired at a person in Times Square after reports there had been a knifepoint robbery