HOUSTON – A man is in custody after police said he stabbed the mother of his child and her sister in southwest Houston Tuesday.
Officers with the Houston Police Department were responding to a disturbance at an apartment complex located at 9109 Fondren around 1:50 a.m.
Officers said when they arrived at the scene, they learned that the suspect was at the location and kicked in his ex-girlfriend’s door. Eventually, the man got inside and began stabbing the woman, police said. As the woman’s sister tried to intervene, investigators said she was also stabbed.
According to HPD, the brother-in-law of the suspect’s ex-girlfriend arrived at the location and struck the suspect in the head with a baseball bat.
The suspect’s ex-girlfriend, who is also the mother of his child, was transported to the hospital in critical condition and her sister was treated at the scene, police said.
Officers said a baby boy who is a few weeks old was at the apartment when the stabbings occurred but he was not injured in the incident.