{
  "id": 5101321,
  "title": "Who is Tak Kam? Rhode Island man identified as another Times Square stabbing victim, ‘Community feels vulnerable’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/who-is-tak-kam-rhode-island-man-identified-as-another-times-square",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:14:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-tak-kam-rhode-island-man-identified-as-another-times-square-stabbing-victim-community-feel-vulnerable-101788356592410.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 68-year-old man from Kingston, Rhode Island, named Tak Kam, was among the victims of a stabbing incident in New York City's Times Square on Monday afternoon. According to a law enforcement official, Kam was visiting his son in the city at the time of the attack. The incident, which began around 4:24 PM, saw a woman named Pamela Cisneros, 49, from Queens, armed with two knives, targeting individuals in the bustling area. Cisneros had taken the knives from a red Target bag before approaching a man who had just exited a subway station with his wife. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed that Cisneros brandished the knives before inflicting stab wounds on the 68-year-old man in the right side of his abdomen. Kam was subsequently transported to Bellevue Hospital, where he is currently in stable condition. Shortly after, Cisneros attacked a 32-year-old woman, Erin Piacenti, who was a vice president at Bank of America. Piacenti was taken to the hospital and later declared deceased. The suspect, when confronted by officers who ordered her to drop the knives, refused and was subsequently shot and killed by law enforcement.",
  "summary": "A Rhode Island man sustained injuries from a stabbing in Times Square by Pamela Cisneros, who also killed another woman.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}