A 32-year-old woman was killed and another person was hospitalized after a stabbing incident in Times Square, New York City, on Wednesday afternoon. The suspect, a woman carrying two knives, was shot by police and later pronounced dead at a hospital. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed during a press conference that both the victim and the suspect died, while the second victim is in stable condition. He praised the NYPD for preventing the situation from escalating further. New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the attack as an "unprovoked double stabbing" that occurred within about 20 seconds of each other. According to preliminary reports, the NYPD call center received multiple 911 calls around 16:24 local time (21:00 BST) about a woman armed with two knives attacking people on Seventh Avenue in Times Square. Police believe the incident began near West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue, where the suspect approached a man who had just exited the subway and was waiting to cross the street with his wife. Witnesses reported that the suspect, identified later as 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros from Queens, removed the knives from a red Target bag before attacking the first victim, a 68-year-old man. The man was stabbed in the abdomen and taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he is now stable. The suspect continued up Seventh Avenue toward 42nd Street, where she stabbed the second victim, who later died in the hospital. As the suspect moved further along the avenue, police attempted to de-escalate the situation by asking her to drop the knives. The encounter lasted four minutes, during which the suspect refused to comply, stating, "I'm not dropping anything, I'd rather kill both of you." She repeated, "I will kill you," before police used Tasers, which failed to stop her. The NYPD officers then shot the suspect, who was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. Tisch noted that Cisneros had no prior arrests but had a documented mental health history with the NYPD, including incidents in 2018 and 2019. A tourist from Boston, Melinda Puzon, told CBS News that she heard the gunshots and saw "so many people on the street," calling the event "very shocking."