Times Square fatal stabbing victim id as Chester N.J woman

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September 1, 2026

Erin Piacenti, of Chester, N.J & Bank of America VP id as fatal Times Square stabbing victim at hands of Pamela Cisneros, Queens woman — Erin Piacenti murdered Bank of America exec was new mom who’d just returned from maternity leave along w/ celebrating daughter's baptism.

Erin Piacenti, of Chester, N.J and Bank of America VP id as fatal Times Square stabbing victim at hands of Pamela Cisneros, Queens woman with history of mental illness.

The victim randomly stabbed to death by a mentally ill woman in NYC’s Times Square on Monday has been identified as a 32-year-old New Jersey woman.

Erin Piacenti, of Chester, N.J., died in Monday afternoon’s stabbing spree when Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old Queens woman with a history of mental illness, pulled two kitchen knives out of a Target bag and started stabbing strangers.

Reports stated Piacenti being avice president at Bank of America in New York City, serving as Vice President of Business Selection and Conflicts. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016 and from Fordham Law School in 2021. She had recently celebrated her second wedding anniversary on August 10.

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Cisneros first attacked a 68-year-old man waiting to cross the street with his wife at W. 41st St. near Seventh Ave. at 4:24 p.m., cops said, plunging a knife in his abdomen. He survived.

Within 20 seconds, she headed north to W. 42nd St. and attacked Piacenti, stabbing her in the abdomen as well.

Witnesses say Cisneros was heard saying ‘I’m over this, I’m over this,’ moments before the attack.

Police surrounded Cisneros near an NYPD substation by W. 43rd St.

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Pictured, Erin Piacenti, Chester, N.J woman and Bank of America V.P, Times Square fatal stabbing victim with newly married husband.

Pamela Cisneros, Queens, NY woman with history of mental illness shot dead by cops in NYC's Times Square after randomly stabbing two people and refusing to drop her two knives. — Police released an image of the two knives recovered at the scene following the double stabbing

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‘I’m not dropping anything. I would rather kill both of you. I will kill you,’ she told the officers during a tense four-minute standoff, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday. Police tried to subdue her with a Taser before officers opened fire, killing her.

Cell phone videos shot by bystanders show Cisneros flailing and swinging her arms while holding the knives as she charged at the officers.

All three people – Cisneros and the two stabbing victims – were taken to Bellevue hospital, where Cisneros and the female victim, Piacenti were pronounced dead. The man is alive and in stable condition.

According to authorities, Cisneros had a history of mental illness and a documented history with the NYPD in 2018 and 2019. In both instances, Cisneros was not arrested.