MONROE — Monroe police arrested a local man related to the reported, early-morning stabbing of his mother on Thursday.

According to police reports, police were called to the 900 block of 24th Street just after 5:30 a.m. for a report of a man attacking his 63-year-old mother with a knife. When a second son — a 32-year old man according to police — intervened in the alleged attack, the brother with a knife fled in a vehicle.

Police said the mother was rushed to SSM Monroe Clinic with injuries characterized as “life threatening” by Green County EMS. The 2nd son also was injured, although not severely, according to Monroe Police Chief Fred Kelly. He was treated and released.

Just over a half hour after the incident, police tracked down and arrested Ryan Gregory Lewis, 29, with substantial battery with a knife under the state’s domestic violence laws. Police said the incident was isolated in nature and emphasized there is no danger to the community.

Lewis remained in custody late Thursday and the incident remains under investigation.

— Gary Mays