The nonagenarian allegedly struck the 89-year-old victim multiple times in the head when a feud erupted just after 10 p.m. inside the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on West 29th Street near Surf Avenue, law enforcement sources said.
First responders rushed the senior to NYU Brooklyn Hospital, where she was initially listed in critical condition with a head injury, cops said.
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She succumbed to her injuries several hours later, early Monday, cops said.
The older senior was taken to Coney Island Hospital for both a physical and psychiatric evaluation, sources said.
At this time, she is not facing charges since she is elderly and suffering from dementia, according to the sources.
Neither woman was immediately identified by police.
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