In the heart of Times Square, one of the most surveilled intersections on earth, a young mother and accomplished attorney named Erin Piacenti was taken from the world in a moment of random violence that no density of cameras or officers could forestall. She was 32, newly returned to work, still carrying the warmth of a baptism and an anniversary. The woman who killed her had carried decades of untreated anguish, and both lives ended within minutes of each other on a September morning — leaving behind a grieving husband, an infant daughter, and a city forced once again to reckon with the gap be
Bank of America VP Erin Piacenti Killed in Random Times Square Stabbing
Erin Piacenti, 32, was killed in the stabbing attack; a 68-year-old man was also injured; the attacker Pamela Cisneros was shot and killed by police.