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YOU TOOK MY LIFE, SO I’M TAKING YOURS! 92 year old woman shoots son dead over plans to put her nursing home

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A 92-year-old Arizona woman allegedly shot and killed her 72-year-old son over his decision to place her in a nursing home.

Officers arrived at Anna Mae Blessing’s home in Fountain Hills, Arizona on Monday and found her son, Thomas Blessing, dead on the floor of the master bedroom with a gunshot wound to the neck and jaw, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

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Police said they found Blessing sitting on a recliner in her bedroom and arrested her when she muttered to police, “You took my life, so I’m taking yours.”

According to the Times, Blessing entered the master bedroom and began arguing with her son and his girlfriend and told them that she was tired of the way she was being treated when she shot her son.

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She then attempted to shoot her son’s girlfriend but the younger woman was able to wrestle the gun away from Blessing and threw it in the corner.

Blessing then pulled a second gun from her robe and pointed it at the girlfriend but she was able to wrestle it away, as well.

She said that when she returned to her room she wanted to kill herself but did not have a gun because her son’s girlfriend wrestled them away.

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She was taken into custody and when police asked her what should be done with her, she told officers that she should be “put to sleep”

The 92 -year-old is facing one count each of first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and kidnapping.

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