Bank of America released a statement following the death of Erin Piacenti, 32, who died in a random attack on Aug. 31 near her office building in Times Square
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- Erin Piacenti, 32, of Chester, N.J. was killed in a stabbing attack in Times Square on Aug. 31 just before 4:30 p.m.
- Piacenti is a lawyer who worked as a vice president in the business selection and conflicts division at Bank of America.
- “We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague,” Bank of America said in a statement. “She was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed.”
Bank of America released a statement on Tuesday, one day after a vice president at the instituion was fatally stabbed in Times Square, just one block from the company’s New York City headquarters.
Erin Piacenti, 32, died at Bellevue Hospital after being stabbed in the abdomen by 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros of Queens, who was shot dead by police just moments after the fatal attack.
“We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague,” Bank of America said in a statement. “She was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed. Our hearts go out to her family and all of her loved ones.”
Piacenti, who attended Fordham Law School, was a lawyer who worked in the company’s business selection and conflicts division.
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She and her husband, Frank Piacenti, also a lawyer and alum of Fordham Law School, had recently moved out of New York City after purchasing a home in Chester, N.J., about 40 miles west of the city.
New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch held a joint press conference with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in Times Square a few hours after the incident on Aug. 31.
Mamdani spoke first, saying that in addition to the deceased victim and her assailant, there was a third victim who had also been stabbed and was recovering in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
He then asked all “New Yorkers to join [him] in holding the victim in our thoughts and wishing the victim a full recovery.”
Tisch then detailed the incident, revealing that a call came in at 4:24 p.m. alerting police to a woman in Times Square who was brandishing two knives and attacking people.
Officers were able to quickly confront the woman because they were nearby, but after she ignored commands to drop her weapons and a Taser failed to stop her, police opened fire when she charged at them with two knives.
Tisch also said that when asked to drop her weapons, Cisneros said, “I’m not dropping anything, I would rather kill both of you.” She later repeated this threat, telling the officers: “I will kill you.”
Cisneros had no arrest record but did have a “documented mental health history with the NYPD, with one incident in 2019 and another in 2020,” Tisch said.
She was later pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital while the officers involved in the shooting were examined at a nearby medical facility.
An investigation into the incident by the NYPD Force Investigation Division is ongoing.
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