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A young mom attacked and stabbed with a box cutter by two other women, one of whom was heavily armed, after their children brawled in a Bronx park hours earlier, cops said.

The victim, 23, was knifed after her 10-year-old had a fight with another child at 175th Street and Arthur Avenue in Tremont Park around 11 p.m. Friday, cops said.  

“The boys had a dispute,” a police spokeswoman said. “Family and friends of the other boy approached the victim about them fighting.”


  Police investigate the scene of the stabbing in Tremont Park in the Bronx. LoudLABS/LLN Police investigate the scene of the stabbing in Tremont Park in the Bronx. LoudLABS/LLN

The young mom was also punched and kicked, cops said.

She was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition with cuts and bruises.

The two women who attacked the victim were arrested on various charges.

Dezire Black, 22, faces gang assault, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment charges, cops said.


  The two perpetrators are facing various counts after the arrest. LoudLABS/LLN The two perpetrators are facing various counts after the arrest. LoudLABS/LLN

Felicity Reid, 23, was busted with a loaded 9 mm firearm and an extended magazine, cops said. 

She was charged with various counts of criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of an ammunition feeding device, cops said. 

It wasn’t clear what the stolen property was, cops said.

A few hours earlier in the same borough, a 39-year-old man was shot in the left leg for unknown reasons at Washington Avenue and East 167th Street around 10 p.m., cops said.


  A car was smeared with blood during the attack on a young mom, who was stabbed, after her 10-year-old son and another boy had a fight at a Bronx park, cops said. LoudLABS/LLN A car was smeared with blood during the attack on a young mom, who was stabbed, after her 10-year-old son and another boy had a fight at a Bronx park, cops said. LoudLABS/LLN

  Two women were arrested after the dispute turned bloody and one of them was armed with a pistol. LoudLABS/LLN Two women were arrested after the dispute turned bloody and one of them was armed with a pistol. LoudLABS/LLN

He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.

The victim, whose name wasn’t released, has a criminal record dating back to 1999 that includes charges of grand larceny, domestic abuse, drug possession and an attempted murder charge, police sources said.

Around 4 a.m., a 32-year-old man was stabbed in the back at 3392 East Tremont Avenue and taken to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition, cops said. A man and woman were taken into custody with charges pending, cops said.

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