Man accused of slashing 11-year-old girl in East Harlem arrested: police
Editor's note: The story in the video player aired on May 10, 2024
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Authorities have arrested a man accused of slashing an 11-year-old girl near the East 116th Street subway station in East Harlem, police said.
The young victim was slashed in the back of the head at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, authorities said. She then ran to a nearby subway station to ask for help.
The victim was loaded into an ambulance, surrounded by paramedics and NYPD brass, video shows. More than a dozen NYPD officers secured the crime scene with yellow crime scene tape.
First responders rushed the girl to a hospital for treatment, police said.
Shaquan Cummings, 30, was charged Friday with misdemeanor assault, felony assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and criminal possession of a weapon.
Charline Charles is a digital journalist from Brooklyn who has covered local news along with culture and arts in the New York City area since 2019. She joined PIX11 News in 2022. See more of her work here.