Sioux Falls Police Officer Sam Clemens says a 14-year-old boy reportedly physically attacked his mother.

"Mom was trying to give her son some medication. We don't know why but he apparently didn't want that. He began punching his mom. Once she fell to the ground, he hit her with a broom handle and then got on top of her and began strangling her. She was able to get him off of her. The mom, another with another child, got out of the home and  called police at a neighbor's apartment. "

Clemens says the boy has been charged with aggravated assault domestic. He was taken to the Juvenile Detention Center in Sioux Falls.

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