Erin Piacenti (32), from Chester, New Jersey, was killed on Monday afternoon after being stabbed by a female assailant.
The assailant, who has been identified as 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros, was shot and killed by NYPD officers.
A dramatic video posted on social media shows the moment the police officers shot the knife-wielding Cisneros. Piacenti was stabbed in the abdomen in an ‘unprovoked attack’, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a press conference.
Cisneros used two kitchen knives to carry out the attack. She also stabbed a 68-year-old man in the abdomen, but he survived.
