- Key insight: Erin Piacenti, 32, was fatally stabbed in Midtown Manhattan on her way home from her job at Bank of America, police say.
- What's at stake: The young woman joined the bank less than two years ago and had just recently celebrated her second wedding anniversary.
- Expert quote: "We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague." — Bank of America spokesperson
The woman killed in a stabbing in New York's Times Square on Monday was a
Erin Piacenti, 32, was a vice president of business selection and conflicts at
"We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague," a
On Monday afternoon, police say, Piacenti was on her way home from
The assailant "didn't say nothing," Aliou Dieye, a street vendor who witnessed the stabbing, told the
Piacenti then reportedly fell to the ground as others called 911. She was taken to nearby Bellevue Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The other victim, a 68-year-old man from Rhode Island, was hospitalized but survived.
Cisneros, who police say had a history of mental health incidents, then continued up the street and threatened police officers with her knives. At the end of a four-minute confrontation, according to police, Cisneros charged at the officers, who shot and killed her.
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the stabbings a "random and unprovoked attack."
"Tonight our thoughts are, of course, with the victims of this horrific attack and their families," Tisch said at a
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Piacenti, a resident of Chester, New Jersey, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016 with a degree in political science. Five years later, she earned her law degree from the Fordham University School of Law in New York.
After graduating, Piacenti worked for the legal and compliance team at Morgan Stanley and later became an associate at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, before finally landing at
Just three weeks before the stabbing, the
Her killing is not the first violent death to send shockwaves through the bank-heavy Manhattan neighborhood. In July 2025, a gunman
