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Latest update from FOX 5 New York: Times Square stabbing, shooting latest: Victim and suspect identified - FOX 5 New York. Latest update from aljazeera.com: That shooting in December 2024 killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and occurred on West 54th Street near Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Erin Piacenti identified as one of two victims in daytime stabbing on New York City thoroughfare. A Bank of America vice president has been identified as a victim in a stabbing in Times Square. Erin Piacenti died from her wounds after the afternoon attack on Monday in the New York City pedestrian thoroughfare, according to the Reuters news agency. Bloomberg News first reported Piacenti’s identity on Tuesday. Authorities had previously said a female attacker stabbed a 32-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man on West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue about 4:30pm (20:30 GMT) on Monday.
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Latest update from FOX 5 New York: Times Square stabbing, shooting latest: Victim and suspect identified - FOX 5 New York. Latest update from FOX 5 New York: Times Square stabbing, shooting latest: Victim and suspect identified - FOX 5 New York. Latest update from TODAY.com: Times Square Stabbing Spree Leaves 1 Dead, Suspect Killed - TODAY. The person who died after being stabbed by a woman Monday afternoon in Times Square was identified as a New Jersey woman who worked for Bank of America. Erin Piacenti, 32, was stabbed in the abdomen after Pamela Cisneros, 49, pulled out two knives and randomly attacked Piacenti and a 68-year-old man, police said.The NYPD said responding officers were forced to shoot and kill Cisneros when she advanced towards them with the knives.Officers spoke with Cisneros for about four minutes, ordering her to drop the weapons, but she refused and allegedly threatened their lives."During the encounter, she told the officers, 'I'm not dropping anything. I would rather kill both of you.' She repeated, 'I will kill you,'" said Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Monday.Multiple officers deployed their tasers, but police say they were ineffective. She was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed. Our hearts go out to her family and all of her loved ones," it read.
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Latest update from FOX 5 New York: Times Square stabbing, shooting latest: Victim and suspect identified - FOX 5 New York. Latest update from aljazeera.com: That shooting in December 2024 killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and occurred on West 54th Street near Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Erin Piacenti identified as one of two victims in daytime stabbing on New York City thoroughfare. A Bank of America vice president has been identified as a victim in a stabbing in Times Square. Erin Piacenti died from her wounds after the afternoon attack on Monday in the New York City pedestrian thoroughfare, according to the Reuters news agency. Bloomberg News first reported Piacenti’s identity on Tuesday. Authorities had previously said a female attacker stabbed a 32-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man on West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue about 4:30pm (20:30 GMT) on Monday.
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