Police arrest 13-year-old after fatal attack on elderly woman in Pickering
Police in Durham Region say they have arrested a 13-year-old after a fatal attack on an elderly woman in Pickering, Ont.
Police had been searching for a suspect in what's been described as a 'sadistic,' unprovoked attack on the senior outside her home.
Police issued an emergency alert late Thursday afternoon asking area residents to shelter in place after the woman was stabbed.
The shelter-in-place warning has now been lifted.
Durham Regional Police Chief Peter Moreira said the woman was outside her home in the Fairport Road and Lynn Heights Drive area just after 3 p.m. when an apparent stranger approached and stabbed her.
The suspect fled on foot and was arrested several hours later.
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