Harlem Slasher Indicted After Knife Assault On 11-Year-Old Girl: DA

HARLEM, NY — A 30-year-old man has been indicted on assault charges in the brutal knife attack that left an 11-year-old girl hospitalized in East Harlem.

Shaquan Cummings was arraigned in a Manhattan courtroom for a slew of charges, including attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon, assault and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said.

Cummings was arrested by police shortly after he slashed an 11-year-old girl with a box cutter outside of the 116th Street subway station in East Harlem, prosecutors said.

"As alleged, Shaquan Cummings slashed an 11-year-old child walking with her mother in the back of the head minutes after punching a woman in the face," said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. "New Yorkers deserve to feel safe when walking through Manhattan and those who jeopardize their safety will be held accountable."

Prosecutors said that during the afternoon of May 10, Cummings was walking on East 115th Street and Park Avenue when he allegedly stated “b—get the f—out of my way” before punching a 43-year-old woman in the face.

Afterward, Cummings crossed the street and began following an 11-year-old girl, who was walking with her mother, before randomly slashing her.

Police said the knife attack caused an approximate 7-inch gash to the left side of her head right behind her ear and as a result, she was hospitalized and received multiple staples.

"Her clothes, her jacket was covered in blood. It looked like you poured red water on her, like she was showered in blood," Malgorzata Sladek, the mother of the 11-year-old victim, told the New York Post.

Cummings quickly fled the scene and ran to the 116th Street subway station, where he jumped onto the subway tracks, crossed, and was ultimately caught by the NYPD once he left the subway station, according to prosecutors.

Bragg's office said that an investigation of the two violent attacks — including a motive — is still ongoing.