{"id":335301,"date":"2026-09-01T22:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335301\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:16:10","slug":"bank-of-america-executive-identified-as-victim-of-stabbing-in-times-square-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335301\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of America executive identified as victim of stabbing in Times Square | New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

A corporate vice-president at Bank of America was killed in a stabbing<\/a> in New York City\u2019s Times Square, the second-biggest US lending bank \u2060said on Tuesday about a \u2060random incident that took place \u200bin broad daylight in the bustling heart of Manhattan.<\/p>\n

The incident had brought the streets of the crowded area to a halt on Monday as emergency vehicles swarmed between the skyscrapers.<\/p>\n

The \u2060deceased was Erin Piacenti, 32, according to the New York City police department (NYPD). Bank of America<\/a> confirmed the loss of a staff member. Piacenti was a vice-\u2060president in the bank\u2019s business selection and conflicts unit, according to her LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague. \u200bShe was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed. \u200cOur hearts go out to her \u200cfamily and all of her loved ones,\u201d the US banking company said in a statement on Tuesday. Bank of America\u2019s Manhattan office \u200cis located a stone\u2019s throw from Times Square, at One Bryant Park.<\/p>\n

Piacenti had earned a law degree from Fordham Law School, graduating in 2021 alongside her husband, Frank, according to the school. Fordham Law said in a statement it was heartbroken by her death.<\/p>\n

An unnamed 68-year-old man also suffered stab wounds in the attack and was in stable condition, the NYPD said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Jessica Tisch, the NYPD\u2019s commissioner, said Monday afternoon\u2019s attack near West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue, appeared to be random and unprovoked.<\/p>\n

The NYPD said when officers arrived on the scene they found Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old woman, who was brandishing two large knives and advanced toward \u200cofficers, who used a stun gun but were unable to persuade her to drop the weapons. Officers shot<\/a> Cisneros and she was later pronounced dead. Tisch said Cisneros had a documented mental health history.<\/p>\n

Matthew Koder, Bank of America\u2019s president of global corporate and investment banking, described Piacenti as a \u201ccherished teammate and friend\u201d \u200bin an internal memo seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n

\u201cErin was a valued member of the Business Selection and Conflicts team, having joined the bank 18 months ago,\u201d Koder wrote. \u201cHer loss is being felt deeply by many.\u201d<\/p>\n

Koder said that Bank of America\u2019s security teams were \u201cfully engaged in supporting the police investigation here, and in addressing the ongoing safety and security of our offices and teammates\u201d.<\/p>\n

Reuters and the Associated Press contributed reporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A corporate vice-president at Bank of America was killed in a stabbing in New York City\u2019s Times Square,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-335301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}