A 35-year-old man was arrested in the killing of his elderly aunt after he allegedly slammed her into a wall repeatedly in her Bronx apartment Saturday, according to cops.
Carmen Nunez, 75, was rushed to Lincoln Hospital after police were called to her home at Manida Street near Lafayette Avenue in Hunts Point around 12:45 a.m., an NYPD spokesman said.
Doctors pronounced her dead on arrival, according to police.
Nunez had been arguing with her nephew when he allegedly became violent, police sources said.
The nephew was taken into custody at the scene, the sources said.
The suspect’s name wasn’t released.
Charges were pending, police said.
