COALINGA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A woman is being treated at the hospital after police say she was stabbed in the head by her son.
It happened right around 11 p.m. Monday at a home on Folsom and Walnut.
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Police say the suspect had barricaded himself inside the home and they had to break a back window to get the woman out.
Officers were eventually able to talk the suspect into giving himself up.
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It's not yet known what may have motivated the attack but authorities say the suspect is mentally unstable.
The condition of the victim has not yet been released.