Bank of America vice president identified as victim in Times Square attack

By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters. Published On 1 Sep 20261 Sep 2026.

Key points

• Called the "Crossroads of the World", Times Square sees from 200, 000 to 250, 000 pedestrians transit through it a day, according to its official website.
• Erin Piacenti died from her wounds after the afternoon attack on Monday in the New York City pedestrian thoroughfare, according to the Reuters news agency.
• New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch remarked the attack appeared random and unprovoked.
• A Bank of America vice president has been identified as a victim in a stabbing in Times Square.
• The attack came weeks after Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to the killing of another corporate executive on a New York street.

Meanwhile, a Bank of America vice president has been identified as a victim in a stabbing in Times Square.

Erin Piacenti died from her wounds after the afternoon attack on Monday in the New York City pedestrian thoroughfare, according to the Reuters news agency. Bloomberg News first documented Piacenti's identity on Tuesday.

Authorities had previously remarked a female attacker stabbed a 32-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man on West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue concerning 4: 30pm (20: 30 GMT) on Monday. Police fatally shot the suspect at the scene. The man was in a stable condition in hospital.

"We are shocked and deeply saddened by the ⁠tragic loss of our colleague, " Bank of America remarked in an official note to Reuters.

"She was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed. Our hearts go out to her family ‌and all of her loved ones."

She remarked responding officers opened fire after trying to Taser the attacker but failed to stop ‌her from advancing towards them with knives.

For context, the attack came weeks after Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to the killing of another corporate executive on a New York street. That shooting in December 2024 killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and occurred on West 54th Street near Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

Speaking in federal court, Mangione admitted to intentionally targeting Thompson as he pleaded guilty to interstate stalking resulting in death.

He faces separate state charges related to the killing although that trial has been postponed after the federal guilty plea.

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