A 95-year-old woman with dementia beat a fellow Brooklyn nursing home resident to death with a metal wheelchair piece during a late Sunday clash, cops and sources said.
The nonagenarian allegedly struck the 89-year-old victim multiple times in the head when a feud erupted just after 10 p.m. inside the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on West 29th Street near Surf Avenue, law enforcement sources said.
A 95-year-old woman with dementia beat another resident to death with a piece of a wheelchair at Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Brooklyn. Stefano Giovannini
The piece of the wheelchair used in the fatal attack, cops and sources said. Stefano GiovanniniThe victim — who was found lying in bed with a serious head injury — was rushed to NYU Brooklyn Hospital, where she was initially listed in critical condition, cops and sources said.
She succumbed to her injuries several hours later, early Monday, cops said.
The older senior was taken to Coney Island Hospital for both a physical and psychiatric evaluation, sources said.
At this time, she is not facing charges since she is elderly and suffering from dementia, according to the sources.
Neither woman was immediately identified by police.
Meanwhile, the wheelchair piece the older woman allegedly used in the brutal attack was lying on the pavement just outside the facility behind blue crime scene tape Monday afternoon.
A 77-year-old woman who said she was leaving after visiting her sister at the nursing home, told The Post she was shocked to hear about the violence.
The incident happened at Seagate Rehab Nursing Home. Google Maps“I’m a nervous wreck for my sister,” said the woman, who only identified herself as Elaine. “That could’ve been my sister.”
“Her poor family,” she added of the victim.
