--- description: A man stabbed two women with a knife in Pennsylvania on Thursday, killing one of them and wounding another, police say. title: Man Stabs 2 Women in Pennsylvania, Killing 1 of Them image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5ccc7ca70a5f247/698a0127db298782ef263f45/generic-crime.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Stabs 2 Women in Pennsylvania, Killing 1 of Them  by [Sanya Mansoor](/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 8, 2019 7:58 PM CUT  Crime scene blurred law enforcement and forensic background Crime scene blurred law enforcement and forensic backgroundGetty Images  by [Sanya Mansoor](/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 8, 2019 7:58 PM CUT A man stabbed two women with a knife in Pennsylvania on Thursday, killing one of them, police say. An officer on patrol had approached the woman who was killed before the incident because she “appeared to be sleeping or passed out at a bus stop” in downtown Pittsburgh, according to [a police report](https://pittsburghpa.gov/publicsafety/blotterview.html?id=217 "undefined"). While the officer was speaking to the woman, the man stabbed her and also attacked another woman who was walking past the bus stop. The officer confronted and disarmed the man before placing him in custody and helping the victims, both of whom “appeared to have been slashed with a knife,” according to police. The first woman died as a result of her wounds and the second woman was reported as being in “stable condition,” the police report noted. “Police are investigating and will explore all possible motives,” said the report. Police are still investigating the crime and “charges are likely.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5648018/stabbing-pennsylvania-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5648018/stabbing-pennsylvania-death/"},"headline":"Man Stabs 2 Women in Pennsylvania, Killing 1 of Them","datePublished":"2019-08-08T19:58:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T00:11:58.446Z","description":"The first woman died as a result of her wounds and the second woman, who \"may have been wearing a hijab\" was reported as being in \"stable condition\"","url":"https://time.com/5648018/stabbing-pennsylvania-death/","keywords":["Crime","Pennsylvania","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5ccc7ca70a5f247/698a0127db298782ef263f45/generic-crime.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sanya Mansoor","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5ccc7ca70a5f247/698a0127db298782ef263f45/generic-crime.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Crime scene blurred law enforcement and forensic background","caption":"Crime scene blurred law enforcement and forensic background","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5648018/stabbing-pennsylvania-death/","name":"Man Stabs 2 Women in Pennsylvania, Killing 1 of Them"}}]}] ```