A woman carrying multiple knives stabbed two people in Times Square on Monday before police intervened. ^[1] Bank of America vice-president Erin Piacenti was killed in the stabbing incident. ^[2] Erin Piacenti, a vice president at Bank of America, died on Monday after being stabbed in Times Square, New York. ^[3] Police identified the attacker as Pamela Cisneros, 49, who stabbed two people, including Piacenti, before being shot and killed by police in Times Square on 2026-04-06. ^[4] On Times Square in New York City, a woman armed with two knives attacked two random people within 20 seconds at approximately 4:30 p.m. New York time (10:30 p.m. in Poland). ^[5] The two victims were a 68-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman; all three people involved (the attacker and the two victims) were taken to hospital, where both women were pronounced dead and the man was in stable condition. ^[6] Erin Piacenti suffered far more serious abdominal wounds and was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. ^[7] Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old woman from Queens, New York, was identified as the suspect who fatally stabbed Erin Piacenti and a 68-year-old man. ^[8] Erin Piacenti died after being stabbed in the abdomen by 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros at the intersection of 41st Street and Seventh Avenue. ^[9]