Police Kill Knife-Wielding Woman After Times Square Stabbing Spree

Police fatally shot a woman they described as emotionally disturbed after she allegedly stabbed two people, killing one, during a knife attack in Times Square on Monday. 

The attack unfolded around 4:30 p.m. near West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue, where authorities say the woman stabbed a man and a woman before police confronted her nearby. 

The female victim later died at a hospital, while the male victim was hospitalized in critical condition, according to police sources. The identities of the victims and alleged attacker have not been released.

Videos posted on social media appear to show the knife-wielding woman lunging toward several NYPD officers as they repeatedly order her to drop her weapons. Officers tased her as she continued to move toward them.

Both victims were transported to a hospital, where the woman was pronounced dead. 

Sources told ABC News that the woman appeared to be emotionally disturbed and was armed with two kitchen knives. She refused repeated commands to drop the weapons when officers confronted her near an NYPD substation.

A photo captured by the New York Post near the scene showed an officer holding a kitchen knife recovered from the area. 

The woman accused of the deadly attack was described as Asian. In videos posted to social media, she wore jeans, a pink shirt, and a brown bag over her shoulder, and appeared to be gripping a large knife in each hand. 

Police have not provided any information about her motive, but they do not believe that it was an act of terrorism. No other information was immediately available. 

The incident comes just weeks after another stabbing near Times Square in which a man was stabbed in the head during an argument inside a subway station.