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Son held in fatal beating of mother on St. Paul's east side

A post on the department's Twitter account says the death occurred on the 600 block of Cook Avenue East.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Editor's note: The video above originally aired on Oct. 12, 2021. 

St. Paul police are on the scene of the city's latest homicide, a domestic situation they say unfolded between a man and his mother. 

Squads were dispatched to the 600 block of Cook Avenue East around 4 a.m. Wednesday on reports of an assault. When officers arrived they found the victim, a 61-year-old woman who had been fatally beaten. St. Paul fire medics arrived on scene and pronounced the victim dead without transporting her to the hospital. 

The woman's 38-year-old son was arrested on scene, and is currently in police custody on probable cause second-degree murder. 

Police say this morning's death marks the city's 33rd homicide of 2021. 

KARE 11 is following this developing story and will have additional details as they become available. 

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