Penn grad and Bank of America VP identified as Times Square stabbing victim

In the middle of a Monday afternoon in Times Square, a life built on music, law, and quiet ambition was cut short when Erin Piacenti, 32, was fatally stabbed in a random attack by a woman in apparent mental health crisis. The suspect, Pamela Cisneros, was shot and killed by police after resisting negotiation and advancing on officers. The tragedy — unfolding in one of the world's most watched intersections — has returned an old and unresolved question to the surface: how a society cares for those in crisis before they become a danger to others.