Rutgers Stabbing Suspect's Mom: 'He Was Stabbed And He Fought For His Life'

The mother of the Rutgers University student charged with stabbing two people in his dorm room Friday night says her son was the victim in an attack, saying: “He was stabbed and he fought for his life.”

Jean Leandry, mother of Daniel J. Leandry, told nj.com that as many as four other students attacked her son and that he was badly injured before going to his dorm room.

“He has a concussion, a broken hand, a dislocated jaw, bumps all over his head and face and bruises all over his body,” she told nj.com. “They took him to the hospital; then they took him to jail.”

Rutgers Police say Daniel Leandry, 18, of Garfield, stabbed two people with a knife after a confrontation inside the Mettler Hall lobby on the New Brunswick campus. Leandry is a student, police said.

According to Rutgers Police, a 911 call came in around 6:30 p.m. reporting an aggravated assault in progress. When police responded, they found two victims, who were both transported to the hospital and are in stable condition.

“Within minutes of arriving, members of the Rutgers University Police Department initiated an emergency alert to the members of the Rutgers community and located the suspect within his Mettler Hall room where he was taken into custody,” Rutgers Police said.

Leandry has been charged with attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes. He was remanded to the Middlesex County Adult Correctional facility in lieu of $735,000 bail.

Jean Leandry said at least two others involved in the altercation fled the dorm before police arrived, according to the nj.com report.

“They’re blaming everything on my son,” Jean Leandry told nj.com. “But I believe the truth will come out and God will look after my son.”