Police: Mother stabs her son then drops him off at school

MEMPHIS — Police said a mother stabbed her own teenage son Thursday morning outside a Memphis, Tennessee, high school.

The Memphis Police Department said Toni Coleman pulled a pocketknife and stabbed her 16-year-old son around 7:30 a.m.

Police said the victim told them his mom stabbed him in the leg a few miles from Ridgeway High School. He also told them his mother was driving him, his brother, and his sister when he got into an argument with her.

MPD said that Coleman proceeded to drop her son off at school after stabbing him.

The teen was taken to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in non-critical condition.

Toni Coleman,41, was charged with aggravated assault.

According to a Shelby County Schools spokesperson, the stabbing did not occur on the school's property, but officers were called to the school to investigate an incident that happened nearby.

Cox Media Group