Woman shot by police after stabbing two people in Times Square, NYPD says

MIDTOWN (WABC) -- One person was shot during an officer-involved shooting in Times Square on Monday afternoon, the NYPD said.

Police fired shots at 4:27 p.m. between Seventh Avenue West and 42nd and 43rd Streets, police said.

Police sources said a woman who appeared to be emotionally disturbed was threatening people with two knives.

The incident was initially reported as a knifepoint robbery but police now believe the emotionally disturbed person had no clear motive, police said.

At 4:26 p.m. FDNY responded to 42nd and Seventh Avenue for a report of a person stabbed.

Police said the woman stabbed two people, a man and a woman before police arrived.

Then the woman fled north toward the NYPD substation where police confronted her, police said.

Police say the woman refused to put the knives down when police approached her.

The woman who was shot and the two victims who were stabbed were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police are closing traffic from West 42nd street to West 47th Street as the investigation continues.

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