NEW YORK (WABC) -- A grandmother is dead after police say she suffered a brutal attack at the hands of her grandson.
27-year-old Dominick Anderson allegedly beat his 62-year-old grandmother Beverly Holmes to death Wednesday morning inside their Harlem apartment building.
Police say Anderson then turned his anger on responding officers, striking one in the head with a plastic elephant trunk.
The officer was treated and released from the hospital.
The suspect is undergoing a mental evaluation.
He faces charges of attempted murder and resisting arrest.
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