Dramatic video shows the moment a knife-wielding woman who stabbed two people in Times Square charged at NYPD officers — after making a bone-chilling threat.
Footage shows Pamela Cisneros, 49, cornered by cops and waving around two large knives after she fatally stabbed a woman and wounded another man during a terrifying, random attack on Monday afternoon.
She then wound up her arms and ran at the officers with the knives in both of her hands.
Two officers opened fire, striking Cisneros, who had a known history of mental illness with the department.
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