What we know about Erin Piacenti, Penn grad killed in Times Square stabbing

Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate and banking executive from New Jersey, was killed in a stabbing spree in Times Square earlier this week shortly after returning to work from maternity leave.Piacenti was one of two people stabbed in Monday's deadly attack.The stabbing spree happened on Monday, Aug. NYPD investigators say 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros, wielding two "sword-like knives," stabbed two people in Times Square, in what investigators believe was a "random and unprovoked attack." The first victim, police said, was a 68-year-old man, who remains hospitalized in stable condition.Seconds later, officials said Cisneros stabbed Piacenti in the stomach near West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. Piacenti was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she later died from her injuries.NYPD officers then shot and killed Cisneros.Piacenti's death comes as she recently returned to work following maternity leave.

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