Times Square Knife Attack Ends in Fatal Police Shootout; Mother Speaks Out
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A 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros stabbed two people in Times Square—killing 32-year-old Erin Piacenti and injuring a 68-year-old man—in about 20 seconds, before NYPD officers fatally shot her as she advanced toward them. Police say they spent about four minutes trying to persuade her to drop the knives. An exclusive interview with Cisneros’s mother accompanies the report, with authorities calling the attack random and unprovoked; Cisneros had a documented mental-health history but no NYPD arrests.
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