Girls Injured When They Came to Mother’s Aid;
Ex-Girlfriend’s Son Witnessed the Attack on His Kindergarten Graduation Day
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Queens man has been
indicted for Attempted Murder and other charges for stabbing his ex-girlfriend and their 9-year old daughter, as well as assaulting their 14-year-old daughter when the girls came to their
mother’s aid, after a graduation celebration. The woman’s 6-year-old son watched as the
defendant knifed his mother in the head.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant allegedly went to the Bronx home of his exgirlfriend with whom he shares three daughters and allegedly stabbed her. Two of his daughters
tried to stop him and he allegedly struck one of them in the face and stabbed the other in her leg.
When the victim’s six-year-old son came home, the defendant allegedly threatened everyone and
continued to attack the mother. We will get justice for this family and help the children through
their traumatization.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Terrence Colson, 38, of Queens, NY, was
arraigned today on Attempted Murder in the second degree, Attempted Assault in the first and
second degree, three counts of second-degree Assault, three counts of third-degree Assault, three
counts of second-degree Menacing, two counts of fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a
Weapon, three counts of second-degree Aggravated Harassment, four counts of Endangering the
Welfare of a Child, and Attempted Criminal Obstruction of Breathing or Blood Circulation before
Bronx Supreme Court Justice Connie Morales. Bail was set at $150,000 cash, $350,000 bond,
and $350,000 partially secured bond, and the defendant is due back in court on July 28, 2023.
According to the investigation, on June 26, 2023, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the defendant
was at the Westchester Avenue apartment of Amelia Holmes, after celebrating the graduation of
her son. The defendant allegedly cut Holmes in the chest with a kitchen knife. When two of their
daughters, ages 14 and 9, attempted to stop him from stabbing their mother, the defendant
allegedly struck the 14-year-old in the face with the knife handle and punched her in the face, leaving her with a bruised eye and bleeding lip. Colson allegedly stabbed the 9-year-old in her
right leg, leaving her with a laceration that required seven stitches. He then allegedly slashed
Holmes’ hands, each requiring multiple stitches, and punched her about the body. When the
victim’s eldest daughter and six-year-old son arrived at the residence, the defendant pulled the
boy into the home and slammed the door. The boy then watched as the defendant allegedly
stabbed Holmes in the back of her head, leaving her with a laceration that required five staples to
close.
District Attorney Clark thanked Assistant District Attorney John Longo of Trial Bureau 30,
Assistant District Attorney Devin Horzempa of Trial Bureau 60, and Crime Victims Assistance
Bureau Advocate Andreina Baez for their assistance in the case. District Attorney Clark thanked
NYPD Detectives Tomor Berisha and William Sanchez of the 43rd Precinct Detective Squad for
their work in the investigation.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
