India, Sept. 2 -- Erin Piacenti, 32, a Bank of America Vice President, was killed in a knife attack at Times Square in New York on Monday, leaving the city shocked.

Piacenti was fatally stabbed near the "Crossroads of the World" on Monday afternoon. The suspect, who allegedly attacked two people, was later shot dead by police.

Piacenti was employed by Bank of America in New York City as Vice President of Business Selection and Conflicts, sources told the New York Post.

Piacenti, 32, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016 and earned a law degree from Fordham Law School in 2021.

Piacenti was stabbed in the abdomen during what police described as an "unprovoked attack" near West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue at around 4:3...