Mother Stabs Man Fighting With Her Son in Bridgeport: Police

A mother stabbed a man fighting with her son in Bridgeport on Sunday afternoon and now she and her son are facing charges, according to police.

Bridgeport police responded to Madison Avenue at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday to a reported assault  that followed a dispute and physical fight, police said.

Janel Moore, 36, intervened in an altercation between her son and another man, stabbing the other person multiple times, according to police.

The man's injuries were non-life threatening, police said. Several others were also injured, but police did not specify how many.

Moore is facing several counts of assault and police have also charged her son as a juvenile, but did not say what his charges were.

Police did not identify Moore's son by name and have not released the name of the other person involved in the fight.

Police also charged a third person with damaging a vehicle during the incident, police said, but the department did not specify who.

The case remains under investigation.

More information will be provided when it becomes available.

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