MIAMI (WSVN) - A man was killed and another detained after they got into a fight at an assisted living facility in Miami, police said.
Authorities responded to the Princess Gardens Assisted Living Facility in the 5000 block of Northwest Fourth Terrace, Tuesday morning.
Both were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where one was pronounced dead, officials said.
The other individual remains in police custody.
7News cameras captured Crime Scene Investigators and other law enforcement officials walking in and out of the home as they collected evidence while the facility was blocked off by police tape.
Neighbors were shocked to hear the news.
“I wouldn’t have thought that a murder would be happening there by any means,” said area resident Krystina Manso Hernandez Merli. “You get chills because it’s like, ‘Oh, this just happened steps away from where I was sleeping, like any other day.'”
She said the area is typically quiet and safe.
“Prior to today, there has been nothing like this ever,” said Hernandez Merli.
Another neighbor, who wanted to remain unidentified, told 7News a nurse inside the facility told her that it was a violent attack.
“What I was told by one of the nurses that works there is that one patient woke up in the morning and he strangled another patient,” she said. “It’s sad. Really, really sad.”
Police said the circumstances leading up to the incident are under investigation, and more details have not yet been released.
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