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[^2]\n\nErin 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]\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. [^4]\n\nErin Piacenti, a 32-year-old lawyer and vice president at Bank of America, died from abdominal wounds sustained during the attack. [^5]\n\nAuthorities have preliminarily ruled out terrorism and described the attacks as random and unprovoked, though the motive remains unknown. [^6]\n\nNYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated that Cisneros had a history of mental health-related incidents in 2018 and 2019 but no prior arrest record. [^7]\n\nAuthorities stated that a woman took two knives from a grocery store bag and attacked two people in a span of approximately 20 seconds. [^8]\n\nPiacenti, 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]\n\nThe 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]\n\nPolice Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated that the attack was random and unanticipated, and she ruled out any connection to terrorism. [^11]\n\nThe 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. 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