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[^2]\n\nErin Piacenti, who worked as a vice president at Bank of America and had just returned from maternity leave, was declared deceased after being taken to the hospital. [^3]\n\nTak Kam, a 68-year-old resident of Kingston, Rhode Island, was stabbed in the right side of his abdomen during a random attack in Times Square, New York City. [^4]\n\nA woman identified as Pamela Cisneros stabbed two strangers in Times Square, New York, killing one and critically injuring the other before being shot and killed by police. [^5]\n\nErin Piacenti, a 32-year-old lawyer and vice president at Bank of America, died from abdominal wounds sustained during the attack. [^6]\n\nAuthorities have preliminarily ruled out terrorism and described the attacks as random and unprovoked, though the motive remains unknown. [^7]\n\nThe first victim, Tak Kam, a 68-year-old man from Rhode Island, was stabbed in the abdomen and transported to Bellevue Hospital in critical but stable condition. [^8]\n\nCisneros was shot and killed by two NYPD officers after refusing to surrender and advancing on them with knives, following failed attempts to subdue her with tasers. [^9]\n\nThe attacker, Pamela Cisneros, was a 49-year-old woman from Queens who had no prior arrest record but had two previous incidents in 2018 and 2019 linked to her mental health. 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