Woman killed in Times Square stabbing, suspect shot dead by police
Police say the double stabbing, which injured another person, was random and the suspect had a mental health history with police.
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: Fox News · Aug 31, 2026 at 5:26 PM ET
- Coverage span: 15h 46m
- Coverage: 4 reports from 4 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 4 publications in 14h 30m
Automated coverage analysis
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All-time coverage
6 publications have covered this story since CurrentWire first saw it: BBC News, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, The Guardian, Al Jazeera.
Corroborated details
Details appearing in reports from multiple independent sources:
- “2 people” — ABC News, CBS News
Coverage
4 publications are covering this story.
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BBC NewsTier A
Woman killed in Times Square stabbing, suspect shot dead by police(opens original report in a new tab)ABC NewsTier B
Woman randomly stabs 2 people in New York City's Times Square, killing 1, then is killed by police(opens original report in a new tab)Police say a woman randomly stabbed two people in New York City’s Times Square then was fatally shot by officers — ABC News
CBS NewsTier B
Police shoot woman who allegedly stabbed 2 people in Times Square(opens original report in a new tab)Warning: Disturbing footage. NYPD officers opened fire on a woman allegedly wielding at least one knife in Times Square on Monday. Tom Hanson reports from New York City. — CBS News
Fox NewsTier B
NYPD identifies woman killed in Times Square stabbing spree(opens original report in a new tab)A knife-wielding woman allegedly stabbed two people in Times Square Monday before advancing on NYPD officers, who deployed a Taser and then opened fire. — Fox News
How coverage developed
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Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 78.9 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 30.4 of 35
- Source authority
- 20 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 12.9 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 3.5 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 2.1 of 5
Strongest signal: source authority, 20 of 20. How each signal is calculated.
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