A maniac reportedly armed with a box cutter knife has been accused of going on a rampage near a New York City subway station and slashing an 11-year-old girl in the head.
The NYPD arrested Shaquan Cummings, 30, on Friday afternoon and charged him with assault endangering the welfare of a child and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Cummings is accused of assaulting the girl shortly after he allegedly punched another 43-year-old woman, an NYPD spokesperson said.
The incident occurred just outside the 116th Street 6 subway station around 2:18 p.m. Friday. The New York Post reported.
The girl was walking hand in hand with her mother on the street when a man with a box cutter slashed her on the back of her head and cut off her ear, the report said.
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An 11-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after a man slashed her in the head with a deadly weapon near a New York City subway station, police said. (FNTV)
The girl’s mother, Gorzata Sladek, told the Post that the attack was “traumatic.”
“It’s terrible. It’s terrible to see a girl with her head cut off and cut in half. It’s really terrible,” she said.
The young victim was assaulted outside the 116th Street 6 subway station in Manhattan. (FNTV)
The young victim was taken to New York City Health Hospital/Harlem in stable condition, according to the NYPD. Sladek told the Post that her daughter underwent surgery and needed several stitches to close her wound.
“She’s not mentally well. She doesn’t want to go back to school. She doesn’t want to go out anymore,” Sladek said.
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Shaquan Cummings, 30, was arrested by police on suspicion of attacking an 11-year-old girl with a cutter. (FNTV)
Video shows the 11-year-old victim being loaded onto an ambulance on a stretcher shortly after the assault. When she was loaded into an ambulance, her clothes were stained with blood.
The NYPD said the suspect, later identified as Cummings, fled after the assault. The man was arrested about a block away from where he allegedly punched an older woman in the face and attacked the girl.
According to police, the 43-year-old victim refused medical treatment.
Video posted on social media shows officers surrounding the suspect as a crowd of angry witnesses rush to confront him.
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Police have arrested a man suspected of assaulting a 43-year-old woman and an 11-year-old girl in a violent attack near the 116th Street 6 subway station. (FNTV)
The suspect is hiding behind police, but a man appears to be prodding him with a cane.
“Back up!” a police officer shouts to the crowd. Someone can be heard yelling profanities at the suspect.
“Don’t let him go!” another man says as police try to stop the crowd from dispensing vigilante justice.
Police later arrested and charged Cummings, according to the New York Post. Cummings reportedly has a long rap sheet with more than 20 prior arrests.
Most recently, Cummings was arrested two months ago and appeared in court on assault charges, NYPD officials told the station.
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Sladek told the newspaper that she wanted her daughter to receive justice.
“You don’t have to worry when you’re walking down the street that someone is going to attack you and attack you. In fact, my daughter didn’t even attack a dog, she attacked a small child,” she said. I did.
