EXCLUSIVE: Mother, Brother of Woman Who Stabbed 2 in Times Square Speaks Out
Police said Pamela Cisneros had been hospitalized numerous times for mental health crises before the random stabbing that killed one woman and wounded another.
- Police shot and killed Pamela Cisneros in Times Square after she stabbed two strangers in a random attack, authorities said. Video shows Cisneros waving two knives at officers before they opened fire.
- The deceased was identified as 32-year-old Erin Piacenti, a Bank of America vice president traveling home to Chester, New Jersey. A 68-year-old Rhode Island man survived a stab wound at West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue.
- Police records indicate past incidents involving the suspect, including a 2019 suicide attempt and a 2018 disturbance at a Manhattan hotel. Mario Cisneros told Eyewitness News he believes his daughter suffered from postpartum depression.
- Bank of America called Piacenti a "valued teammate" in a statement, while a neighbor of the surviving victim said the incident makes the community feel "vulnerable." Both responses reflect shock at the tragedy.
- The surviving 68-year-old man has been released from the hospital following treatment. Mario Cisneros described the situation as "in the hands of God," expressing inability to understand what led to the violence.
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Pamela Cisneros, 49, had a history of mental health problems and was receiving treatment.
POLITICS: The tragic Times Square stabbing: Letters
The Issue: A bipolar woman shot dead by cops in Times Square after stabbing two people, one fatally. The tragedies of innocent people being killed recently in New York City by mentally disturbed people has to be addressed (“Manic mom lost mind,” Sept. 2). Our brave police officers risk their lives to protect us, but it’s not enough. We as a city have to spend much more money to build facilities and treatment centers to prevent these tragedies fr…
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SIC NotíciasIt circulates on social networks a video that allegedly will have been published by the woman who stabbed two people this Monday in New York, USA. In the images, a person appears physically similar to the author of the attack to dance at home with a knife in each hand. According to several publications, the recording would have been released before the stabbings and would be a kind of warning of the crime that would happen. But was the video act…
Mom of crazed Times Square killer questions why cops couldn’t grab her as she lunged at them with knives
The mother of the mentally ill woman who killed a new mom and seriously wounded an elderly dad in a Times Square stabbing spree is questioning why NYPD officers didn’t just “grab” her daughter rather than shoot her dead when she charged at them with knives.
An expert points to body fat, the attacker's movements, the point of impact of the probes, and even the bag he was carrying across.
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