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Story summary
- NYPD officers Joseph O’Connor and Steven Darcy shot and killed Pamela Cisneros in Times Square on Aug. 31, 2026.
- At 4:29 p.m., Tasers failed and Cisneros advanced with knives, prompting officers to fire.
- Officers Ryan Brito and Francis Gagliano engaged her at 4:25 p.m., urging her to drop knives.
- Cisneros stabbed and killed VP Erin Piacenti and wounded a 68-year-old man who survived.
- The NYPD Force Investigation Division is reviewing the shooting.