A man was arrested after allegedly pushing his mother out of a second-story window during an argument at an Van Nuys apartment building and continuing to attack her on the ground, resulting in her death, police said.
Carlota Vargas, 70, was fatally injured in the 7400 block of Hazeltine Avenue and died at a hospital.
Fernando Vargas, 40, was treated for a heel fracture and was to be booked on suspicion of murder, police said. The pair reportedly had lived in their apartment for about 10 years.
According to the preliminary investigation, the two had been arguing Monday before he allegedly pushed her from the window. He then jumped from the window and attacked his mother on the ground, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Norma Eisenman said.
A neighbor told ABC7 that she saw Vargas stomping the woman and was horrified.
“Somebody yelled out for him to stop and he said that she was going to die anyway so that it didn’t matter no more,” she told Channel 7.
Vargas was being held on a $2 million bail and is due in court Wednesday, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department online inmate records.
—City News Service