A Bronx teenager is facing manslaughter charges after allegedly choking his mother's ex-boyfriend to death.

Police say 18-year-old Luis Moux came to his mother's defense when 43-year-old Stanley Washington showed up at their University Avenue home early Monday morning.

His mother and Washington had gotten into a physical fight.

Washington eventually died at the hospital.

Now Moux's friends are coming to his defense.

"He's really not like that type of person," said one friend. "I guess he was just trying to protect his mother. This is not the first time it happened, actually, so I'm guessing it really got to him this time and I'm pretty sure it was not the way it went down. He didn't try to kill him, I guess he didn't try to take a life. He was just trying to protect his mother."

"What would you do if you was in his situation?" said another. "Would you have defended your mother or would you just stood there?"

Moux's mother suffered minor injuries.