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, a 32-year-old vice president of business selection and conflicts at Bank of America, was identified as the woman who died after being stabbed on Monday in Times Square, New York. ^[3] 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. ^[4] Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old lawyer and vice president at Bank of America, died from abdominal wounds sustained during the attack. ^[5] Authorities have preliminarily ruled out terrorism and described the attacks as random and unprovoked, though the motive remains unknown. ^[6] NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated that Cisneros had a history of mental health-related incidents in 2018 and 2019 but no prior arrest record. ^[7] Authorities stated that a woman took two knives from a grocery store bag and attacked two people in a span of approximately 20 seconds. ^[8] Piacenti, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016 and Fordham Law School in 2021, was attacked around 16:24 hours near the intersection of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. ^[9] The attacker was identified as Patricia Cisneros, 49, a resident of Queens, who was shot and killed by police after advancing on them with weapons. ^[10] Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated that the attack was random and unanticipated, and she ruled out any connection to terrorism. ^[11] The attacker, identified as 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros, first stabbed a 68-year-old man named Tak Kam before advancing to attack Piacenti in the abdomen. ^[12]