Bank of America VP identified as victim in Times Square stabbing

Erin Piacenti identified arsenic 1 of 2 victims successful daytime stabbing connected New York City thoroughfare.

A Bank of America vice president has been identified arsenic a unfortunate successful a stabbing successful Times Square.

Erin Piacenti died from her wounds aft the day onslaught connected Monday successful the New York City pedestrian thoroughfare, according to the Reuters quality agency. Bloomberg News archetypal reported Piacenti’s individuality connected Tuesday.

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Authorities had antecedently said a pistillate attacker stabbed a 32-year-old pistillate and a 68-year-old antheral connected West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue astir 4:30pm (20:30 GMT) connected Monday. Police fatally changeable the fishy astatine the scene.

The antheral was successful a unchangeable information successful hospital.

“We are shocked and profoundly saddened by the ⁠tragic nonaccomplishment of our colleague,” Bank of America said successful a connection to Reuters.

“She was a valued teammate who volition beryllium greatly missed. Our hearts spell retired to her household ‌and each of her loved ones.”

New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the onslaught appeared random and unprovoked.

She said responding officers opened occurrence aft trying to Taser the attacker but failed to halt ‌her from advancing towards them with knives.

The onslaught came weeks aft Luigi Mangione pleaded blameworthy to national charges connected to the sidesplitting of different firm enforcement connected a New York street. That shooting successful December 2024 killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and occurred connected West 54th Street adjacent Sixth Avenue successful Midtown Manhattan.

Speaking successful national court, Mangione admitted to intentionally targeting Thompson arsenic helium pleaded blameworthy to interstate stalking resulting successful death.

He faces abstracted authorities charges related to the sidesplitting though that proceedings has been postponed successful the aftermath of the national blameworthy plea.

Called the “Crossroads of the World”, Times Square sees from 200,000 to 250,000 pedestrians transit done it a day, according to its authoritative website.