Bank of America Vice President wey dem call Erin Piacenti don die for New York City Times Square after one woman wey carry two kitchen knife stab am for abdomen. Di attack happen on Monday, August 31, 2026, for di heart of Times Square wey plenty tourist dey.
NYPD identify di 32-year-old woman from Chester, New Jersey as di victim wey die. Her employer, Bank of America, send email wey say dem shock and deeply saddened by di tragic loss of our colleague. Dem say she be valued teammate wey dem go miss wella.
Another person wey dem stab be one 68-year-old man wey now dey stable condition for hospital. According to witness, di woman wey commit di attack na Pamela Cisneros, 49 years old from Queens, New York. She pull two butcher knife from red Target bag, wave am for di old man before stab am for abdomen. Then she go up one block and attack Piacenti. Di two stabbing happen within 20 seconds of each other.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch call di attack random and unprovoked. Officers wey respond meet Cisneros on Seventh Avenue, she still carry di two knife. Dem talk to am for four minutes, tell am make she drop di knife, but she refuse. Dem even use taser, but e no stop her. She then advance toward di officers, and two officers open fire, hit am. Dem carry am go hospital, where she die.
Tisch also disclose say Cisneros get history of mental health episodes, but no criminal record. For 2018 and 2019, police don interact with am over mental health issues. Piacenti na executive for Bank of America, she finish from University of Pennsylvania and graduate from Fordham Law School for 2021 with her husband Frank. Her death don leave family and colleagues dey mourn.
Di two knife wey di suspect use dem recover for di scene. Mayor Zohran Mamdani join Commissioner Tisch for press conference. Police say di attack no get any link to terror.
