LA PORTE, Ind. – La Porte Police are investigating a stabbing that left a man in the hospital Saturday night.

Officers say a motorist flagged down police and advised them of a man on the 600 block of Tipton Street who was heavily bleeding and appeared to have been stabbed.

The 51-year-old victim told officials he had been stabbed by the mother of his children, a 40-year-old female.

The incident happened on the 900 block of Jackson Street.

According to police, the suspect claims the victim attacked her and she picked up a kitchen knife to scare him.

No arrests have been reported. 

This case remains under investigation.