James Opens Probe Into Times Square Police Shooting as GOP Rival Pushes New Commitment Office
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 6
James Opens Probe Into Times Square Police Shooting as GOP Rival Pushes New Commitment Office
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 6
Summary
New York Attorney General Letitia James' office said Wednesday it is investigating the police shooting death of Pamela Cisneros after officers confronted her in Times Square.
Two knives were in Cisneros' hands when police ordered her to drop them; she was shot after moving toward officers, after fatally stabbing Bank of America executive Erin Piacenti.
State law requires James' Office of Special Investigation to review any death caused by police, and her campaign said Republican challenger Saritha Komatireddy was ignoring that legal mandate.
Komatireddy instead argued the case exposed gaps in mental-health intervention, proposing an Office of Civil Commitment pairing police and physicians to track and hospitalize dangerous people.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Cisneros had no city arrest record but drew two prior mental-health responses, underscoring broader strain on New York's psychiatric and crisis-care system.