BOARDMAN — A local mother risked her own life over the weekend to save one of her sons from the other.

A Boardman police report states that an argument over laundry between the two young men escalated quickly into a physical fight Saturday, and after punching his brother several times in the face, Caden Moffo, 20, went to his room and returned with a .45-caliber handgun.

When he pointed the weapon at his brother, their mother stepped between her two sons, placing herself in the line of fire.

Rather than pulling the trigger, Moffo fled and was later arrested by Boardman police, who followed him into Youngstown’s jurisdiction, the report states.

Online court records show that Moffo is due in Mahoning County Boardman Court today, charged with domestic violence, a first-degree misdemeanor, and threatening domestic violence, a fourth-degree misdemeanor. He also will face a third-degree felony charge of failure to comply with the order of a police officer in Youngstown.

He made an initial appearance Monday before Youngstown Municipal Court Magistrate Donna McCollum, who imposed a $2,500 cash or surety bond and set a preliminary hearing May 27. Records show that Moffo remained in the Mahoning County jail as of Monday afternoon.

The police report states that the argument began mere minutes after Moffo’s mother and brother returned to their Beechwood Drive home around 4 p.m. Saturday.

Moffo allegedly punched his brother in the face multiple times before his brother was able to secure him in a chokehold. Their mother stepped in at that point to break up the fight.

The report states that Moffo then went to his room and returned with a gun, pointing it directly at his brother. When his mother stepped in front of the gun, Moffo lowered the weapon and fled in a car.

His mother and brother said they did not know where the gun was, and according to the police report, the weapon has not been found. However, police did locate a box of .45-caliber hollow-point ammunition on a table in Moffo’s room, the report states.

On Friday, another Boardman officer conducting a traffic stop near the Dollar General in the 4900 block of Market Street saw Moffo get into his car, so he was familiar with Moffo and the vehicle — a White Dodge Durango.

Sometime Saturday after Moffo fled the home, the same officer saw him on Midlothian Boulevard near Southern Boulevard, heading west. He tried to pull over Moffo’s vehicle, but the report states Moffo turned the wrong way onto Handel’s Court, cut through the parking lot to Market Street, then led the officer on a short chase in a nearby neighborhood, before coming to a stop in the 4100 block of Howard Street.

The officer was able to arrest Moffo without incident, and the report states Moffo did not tell him the location of the gun. The officer wrote that Moffo likely also will be charged with reckless operation for running a stop sign and going the wrong way on Handel’s Court.