Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the indictment of MICHAEL BLOUNT, 29, for attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend by slashing her with a razor blade and shoving her onto the subway tracks in front of her teenage daughters on November 5, 2024. BLOUNT is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, among other charges.[1]
“As alleged, Michael Blount brutally slashed his ex-girlfriend before pushing her onto the train tracks in front of her teenage daughters,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Despite what must have been a terrifying attack, one of her daughters was able to pull her mother from the tracks, likely saving her life. Intimate partner violence remains a top priority for my office, and we have the resources and specially trained staff to assist survivors and their families. Please call us at 212-335-4308.”
According to court documents and statements made on the record, at approximately 11 p.m. on November 5, 2024, BLOUNT approached his ex-girlfriend and her daughters in a Harlem deli after repeatedly calling her. The victim did not engage with his attempts to speak with her and left the deli with her daughters. BLOUNT followed them to the stairs of a nearby A-train station before returning to the deli, where he purchased a single razor blade. He entered the subway and went to the southbound platform where the victim was waiting for the train with her daughters.
BLOUNT grabbed her by her hair from behind and attempted to slash her neck with the razor blade as her daughters stood a few feet away. The victim fought back and was slashed multiple times in the face as she prevented BLOUNT from reaching her neck. BLOUNT then shoved her with both hands into the subway track before fleeing.
One of the victim’s daughters was able to pull her mother from the subway tracks approximately 2 minutes before the next train entered the station. A bystander called them a car that took them to the hospital. The victim received plastic surgery for her injuries.
BLOUNT evaded arrest for several weeks while calling, texting, and harassing the victim and her daughters before his arrest on December 28, 2024.
Assistant D.A. Charlotte Armour of the Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Bureau is handling the prosecution of this case under the supervision of Assistant D.A.s Maxine Rosenthal (Senior Counsel to the Special Victims Division), Bethany Spiro and Vanessa Puzio (Deputy Chiefs of the Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Bureau), and Executive Assistant D.A. Justin McNabney (Chief of the Special Victims Division). Analyst Eva Nikitovic is assisting with the case as are Rokel Jefferson (Director of Advocates) and Beverly Gilchrist (Chief of the Survivor Services Bureau).
District Attorney Bragg thanked the NYPD, particularly John Williams of the Manhattan Transit Crime Squad, and Detective Peter McCarthy and Sergeant Patrick Marron of the Manhattan Warrant Squad.
[1] The charges contained in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. All factual recitations are derived from documents filed in court and statements made on the record in court.
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