A Bank of America employee named Erin Piacenti was killed in a stabbing incident in Times Square on Monday afternoon. The attack was described by police as "random and unprovoked." Piacenti, who was 32 years old and worked as a vice president at the bank, was stabbed by a woman named Pamela Cisneros, who was armed with two knives. Cisneros also injured a 68-year-old man before police arrived. When officers tried to intervene, Cisneros refused to drop her knives and was shot by the police, resulting in her death at the scene. The injured man is now in stable condition at a hospital. The police mentioned that Cisneros had a history of mental illness but had no previous arrests. The investigation into the incident is still ongoing. Bank of America expressed their sadness over Piacenti's death, stating she was a valued colleague who would be greatly missed.
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