Man accused of stabbing his own mother finally arrested

A 25-year-old man suspected of stabbing his mother in an attack in Boyle Heights that left the woman hospitalized was being held Friday in lieu of $1 million bail.

Angel Hernandez was arrested about 10:45 a.m. Thursday in the area of Huntington Drive and Soto Street in El Sereno by detectives on their way back to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Station after a hospital interview with the victim, officials said.

The stabbing occurred about 12:10 a.m. Monday in the 3700 block of Lee Street, where the victim lived with her son, according to the LAPD.

“The mother was upset with her son for an incident that occurred earlier in the day,” according to a police statement. “Hernandez’s sister heard the mother pleading with her son, that what he was doing wasn’t necessary and to just leave.

“Hernandez’s sister then heard what sounded like Hernandez physically assaulting their mother. Looking through a kitchen window, she saw her brother retrieve a large kitchen knife.”

When officers arrived at the home, they found the mother with multiple stab wounds to her neck, arms and legs, but Hernandez had fled the scene, police said.

The woman was taken to a hospital, where she remains in serious but stable condition, according to the LAPD.

The lead detective on the case spotted Hernandez walking in El Sereno and called for backup because of the violent nature of the knife attack, police said. Hernandez was booked on suspicion of attempted murder.

No court date was immediately set for Hernandez’s arraignment.

–City News Service

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