Times Square stabbing victim was on her first day back from maternity leave

NEW YORK CITY -- New York City police fatally shot an apparently emotionally disturbed woman after she allegedly stabbed two people in Times Square in a "random and unprovoked" attack on Monday afternoon, authorities said. One of the victims, 32-year-old Erin Piacenti of Chester, New Jersey, died at a hospital, according to the NYPD. Piacenti worked at Bank of America. The bank said in a statement that it is "shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague," adding, "our hearts go out to her family and all of her loved ones." Piacenti and her husband welcomed a baby girl five months ago, and she was killed on her first day back at work after maternity leave, according to a GoFundMe page. The victims were stabbed within 20 seconds of each other near 41st Street and Seventh Avenue, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

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