irst responders are on the scene of a fatal stabbing in Times Square on Monday, August 31, 2026. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post

8 NYPD Crime scene unit investigators place evidence markers near blood and shell casings at the scene of the Times Square stabbing on Monday, August 31, 2026. Kyle Mazza/UNF News via/TheNews2/INSTARimages

Cisneros then continued up to 42nd Street and fatally stabbed Piacenti.

The crazed woman was then cornered by police officers, who shot her dead when she charged at them.