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[^2]\n\nThe attacker, identified as 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros of Queens, was shot and killed by NYPD officers after refusing to drop her weapons. [^3]\n\nPiacenti was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time after being stabbed by a woman carrying two knives, according to WNBC. [^4]\n\nA second victim, a 68-year-old man named Tak Kam, was also stabbed but is currently in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital. [^5]\n\nPiacenti had just returned from maternity leave with her newborn daughter when the attack occurred. [^6]\n\nErin Piacenti was a first-time mother who had recently returned to work following her maternity leave. [^7]\n\nThe second victim of the attack was an unidentified 68-year-old man who was hospitalized following the incident. [^8]\n\nPolice stated that the attacks appeared to be random, noting that a 68-year-old man was also stabbed in the abdomen by Cisneros seconds before she attacked Piacenti. [^9]\n\nErin Piacenti graduated from Fordham University Law School in 2021. [^10]\n\nErin Piacenti was celebrating her second wedding anniversary at the time of the incident. 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