Mom says 12-year-old son saved her life by fighting off attack from boyfriend

TEMPLE HILLS, Md. (WUSA) – A 12-year-old Maryland boy is being hailed as a hero for defending his mother when her boyfriend allegedly attacked her.

Xavier Leathers, 12, was asleep on the couch at his mother’s Temple Hills apartment around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. That’s when he says he heard his mom’s boyfriend come into the unit and start choking her.

Wearing the previous night’s clothes and a new bandage, Xavier recalled that terrifying wake-up call…

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