A 35-year-old man was hospitalized Sunday night after police say the mother of his children stabbed him in the abdomen in West Toledo, according to The Blade.

Around 11:15 p.m. Sunday, police were called to an apartment in the 5500 block of Lewis Avenue, where they found the man with a single stab wound, The Blade reported. He was taken to Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center.

Police arrested Courtney Le-Shay Ellis, 31, and charged her with second-degree felonious assault, according to The Blade. According to court records cited by the newspaper, she stabbed the man with a kitchen knife.

Ellis was arraigned in Toledo Municipal Court on Monday morning, where her bond was set at $50,000. A preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 16.

The charges are allegations, and Ellis is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. Police have identified the victim only as a 35-year-old man, and have not released additional information about his condition beyond his hospitalization.

The stabbing was reported in West Toledo, in the 5500 block of Lewis Avenue, a residential area on the city’s west side. Police responded to the apartment late Sunday night after the call came in around 11:15 p.m.

Further details about what led to the stabbing were not immediately available in the initial report. The case is now before Toledo Municipal Court, with the preliminary hearing scheduled for Nov. 16.

Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact Toledo police.

Photo: Tony Webster / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) — police lights (file photo, not the scene)

Source: The Blade, “Toledo woman charged with stabbing children’s father in abdomen,” Nov. 9, 2026.