The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a 19-year-old man. Detectives say he tried to kill his mother by stabbing her.
"St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at approximately 7 a.m. Friday to a residence in the 100 block of Hoover Drive after a woman called 911 to report her grown son had stabbed her," the sheriff's office said in a new release. "Through their investigation, STPSO detectives learned Jireh Adoma (DOB 2/2/04) stabbed his mother during an unprovoked attack inside their home."
The victim was taken to a hospital, treated, and released.
Deputies took Adoma to the parish jail and booked him on one count of attempted second-degree murder.
