Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old resident of Queens, New York, killed one person and injured another in a stabbing attack at Times Square on September 1, 2026, before being shot and killed by two NYPD officers. ^[1] The second victim, Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old vice president at Bank of America, was stabbed in the abdomen and died at Bellevue Hospital. ^[2] Erin 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] Tak 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] A 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] Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old lawyer and vice president at Bank of America, died from abdominal wounds sustained during the attack. ^[6] Authorities have preliminarily ruled out terrorism and described the attacks as random and unprovoked, though the motive remains unknown. ^[7] The 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] Cisneros 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] The 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. ^[10]