In the middle of a Monday afternoon, amid the ceaseless movement of one of the world's most visited intersections, a 32-year-old woman named Erin Piacenti was killed in a random act of violence that asked nothing of her except that she be present. The attack in Times Square — unprovoked, without motive or connection — reminds us that public space, however crowded, offers no guarantee of safety, and that the distance between an ordinary moment and a final one can be measured in seconds. A suspect was shot and killed by police; a second victim survived; and a city is left, once again, to reckon
Bank of America VP killed in random Times Square stabbing
Erin Piacenti, 32, was killed in the stabbing attack; a 68-year-old man was injured but survived; the suspect was fatally shot by police.