{"id":335357,"date":"2026-09-01T23:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335357\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T23:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:16:19","slug":"police-identify-woman-who-died-in-times-square-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335357\/","title":{"rendered":"Police identify woman who died in Times Square stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authorities have identified the woman stabbed and killed in Times Square<\/a> Monday in what the NYPD is calling an unprovoked and random attack.<\/p>\n

Erin Piacenti, 32, of New Jersey was stabbed in the abdomen near 7th Avenue and West 42nd Street. She later died in the hospital, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

According to a LinkedIn profile, Piacenti worked as a vice president at Bank of America.<\/p>\n

“We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague. She was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed. Our hearts go out to her family and all of her loved ones,” the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n

She graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 2021 alongside her husband, Frank.<\/p>\n

Police said the stabbing spree started on 41st Street, when 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros stabbed a 68-year-old man in the abdomen soon after he exited the subway.<\/p>\n

The suspect then continued up 7th Avenue, where she stabbed and killed Piacenti about 20 seconds later, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

The man was taken to a hospital, where police said he remained in stable condition.<\/p>\n

“A witness at the scene told investigators that he observed the suspect take out two knives from a red Target bag before approaching the first victim,” said NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.<\/p>\n

Members of the NYPD confronted the suspect, Cisneros, about four minutes later. Videos show officers attempting to get her to drop the two kitchen knives she was wielding.<\/p>\n

“During the encounter, she told the officers, ‘I’m not dropping anything. I would rather kill both of you,'” Tisch said.<\/p>\n

Police said they deployed a taser, and when she began advancing towards them, they shot her. Cisneros later died at the hospital.<\/p>\n

The stabbings and subsequent shooting happened near the heart of Times Square at a busy time of day, witnessed by tourists and commuters.<\/p>\n

“They did tell her multiple times to drop the weapon,” said Jaydan Barreto, a street performer who comes to Times Square daily. “She kept ignoring what they were saying, and she just kept going.”<\/p>\n

Tisch said Cisneros has a documented mental health history with the NYPD, including incidents in both 2018 and 2019, though no known arrest history with the department.<\/p>\n

The incident was captured on body camera footage. It is still under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities have identified the woman stabbed and killed in Times Square Monday in what the NYPD is calling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10015,387,25,119456,303,9,24,11,10,12,308,27],"class_list":["post-335357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-app-crime","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-top-stories","tag-carly-haynes","tag-crime","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-public-safety","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}