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A Brooklyn mother, apparently upset when her baby wouldn't stop crying, slashed him across the throat yesterday and then plunged a knife into her own leg,police said.
Cops took Tineka Johnson, 29, into custody after responding to an early-morning 911 call at her East Flatbush home.
She was charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
The baby's grandmother reported the incident on East 38th Street, and Johnson was taken away without incident, authorities said.
The 5-month-old boy was rushed to Kings County Hospital a block away where officials said he was in stable condition yesterday.
Johnson had been taking medications for a mental disorder and may have missed her dosage, sources said.
A relative at the house declined to comment.
Neighbors said they were stunned by the incident.
"She's a nice girl, but she did some strange things," said neighbor Renford Laraman, 66.
"She's always walking up and down the block with nowhere to go. How could someone harm their baby like that just because it was crying?"
http://www.nypost.com/p/n...s_y7KAaXuGFtVHcomwOagtmO
Cops took Tineka Johnson, 29, into custody after responding to an early-morning 911 call at her East Flatbush home.
She was charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
The baby's grandmother reported the incident on East 38th Street, and Johnson was taken away without incident, authorities said.
The 5-month-old boy was rushed to Kings County Hospital a block away where officials said he was in stable condition yesterday.
Johnson had been taking medications for a mental disorder and may have missed her dosage, sources said.
A relative at the house declined to comment.
Neighbors said they were stunned by the incident.
"She's a nice girl, but she did some strange things," said neighbor Renford Laraman, 66.
"She's always walking up and down the block with nowhere to go. How could someone harm their baby like that just because it was crying?"
http://www.nypost.com/p/n...s_y7KAaXuGFtVHcomwOagtmO