Woman fatally stabbed in Times Square was Bank of America VP

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2026/09/01/erin-piacenti-bank-of-america-vice-president-killed/91562650007/

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from_D4rkness@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 8d (1 reply)

officers fired their pistols after ⁠Tasers ​failed to stop the ​woman from advancing toward them with knives.

holy shit, she tanked the tasers. she was a force to be reckoned with.

aaa999@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 8d

tasers have around a 50% failure rate

justsomeguy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 8d (4 replies)

Crazy knife lady took out a banking executive? oh no

tquid@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 8d (3 replies)

"VP" means almost nothing in banking. She certainly wasn't an executive.

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 7d (1 reply)

Holy shit, you weren't kidding. There can be like 3 layers between a VP and a C suite at some banks. That's crazy, titles have no meaning.

tquid@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 7d

VP Executive Toothpick Arranging

aaa999@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 8d

very nice, let's see Woman Fatally Stabbed's business card