Crime & Safety
Plymouth Mother Stabs Son, Self: Police
Plymouth police said a boy called 911 after her mother stabbed him in the neck at a Little Sandy Pond Road residence.
PLYMOUTH, MA — A Plymouth mother stabbed her son then herself at a Little Sandy Pond Road residence Wednesday morning. The 12-year-old boy, who was cut in the neck, called 911, according to Plymouth Police Chief Michael Botieri. Responding officers found the boy and his 11-year-old sister, who was unharmed. The officers then found the mother locked in a bathroom, submerged in a tub, with stab wounds to her neck and chest, Botieri said during a news conference. The officers broke down the door and took her into custody, he added.
The boy's wound was superficial and he is expected to recover. The mother was hospitalized and also expected to recover.
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