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Bank of America VP Erin Piacenti Killed in Manhattan Stabbing

Erin Piacenti, a Bank of America vice president, was stabbed to death in Times Square, New York.

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Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old resident of Chester, New Jersey, and vice president at Bank of America, was stabbed to death in Manhattan on Monday afternoon. [1] Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old vice president at Bank of America, was stabbed in the abdomen and died at Bellevue Hospital after being attacked in Times Square on the afternoon of August 31. [2] Cisneros had previously attacked a 68-year-old man in the abdomen with two kitchen knives before walking to 42nd Street to attack Piacenti. [3] Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old woman, was identified as the suspect who attacked Piacenti with kitchen knives. [4] Police officers shot and killed Cisneros after she charged at them during an attempted arrest. [5] After stabbing her victims, Pamela Cisneros walked toward a police station in Times Square holding a knife in each hand; officers attempted to subdue her with tasers before shooting her, after which she also died at Bellevue Hospital. [6] Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old woman, stabbed a 68-year-old man in the abdomen near the 41st Street West subway station before moving to the 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue intersection to attack Piacenti. [7] The sequence of attacks on the two victims lasted approximately 20 seconds, after which emergency services transported them to Bellevue Hospital, where the man survived and Piacenti died. [8]
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  1. Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old resident of Chester, New Jersey, and vice president at Bank of America, was stabbed to death in Manhattan on Monday afternoon. · Vanguardia
  2. Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old vice president at Bank of America, was stabbed in the abdomen and died at Bellevue Hospital after being attacked in Times Square on the afternoon of August 31. · Record
  3. Cisneros had previously attacked a 68-year-old man in the abdomen with two kitchen knives before walking to 42nd Street to attack Piacenti. · Vanguardia
  4. Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old woman, was identified as the suspect who attacked Piacenti with kitchen knives. · Vanguardia
  5. Police officers shot and killed Cisneros after she charged at them during an attempted arrest. · Vanguardia
  6. After stabbing her victims, Pamela Cisneros walked toward a police station in Times Square holding a knife in each hand; officers attempted to subdue her with tasers before shooting her, after which she also died at Bellevue Hospital. · Record
  7. Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old woman, stabbed a 68-year-old man in the abdomen near the 41st Street West subway station before moving to the 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue intersection to attack Piacenti. · Record
  8. The sequence of attacks on the two victims lasted approximately 20 seconds, after which emergency services transported them to Bellevue Hospital, where the man survived and Piacenti died. · Record
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