Police tonight arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly attacked his mother at her Waimanalo home.

Police said at about 6 p.m. the man attacked his mother and started choking her but she broke free and ran into her room. He fled the house and was arrested down the street about 30 minutes later, police said.

The woman sustained some injuries but was not hospitalized, police said.