An American woman, 92, kills her son to avoid being sent to a retirement home

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Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

A 92-year-old American woman shot her son, 72, to avoid being sent to a retirement home, police said.

Anna Mae Blessing, accused of murder, considered her son's intentions to take care of her for days, according to court documents.

"You took my life away, so I take yours," she would have said as she was escorted out of the Arizona home that she shared with her. his son and his girlfriend.

Ms. Blessing told the police that she intended to kill the incident occurred on the morning of July 2 in the town of Fountain Hills, in the county from Maricopa, police reports obtained by local media say

the son of Mrs. Blessing, whose name has not been published. helping self-help life because she had "become difficult to live with"

The mother hid two guns in the pockets of her dress before confronting her son in her bedroom , police said in a statement

. argument, she pulled out a revolver, bought in the 1970s, and shot her son.

Police found dead son, two gunshot wounds to neck and jaw

Ms. Blessing then pointed pistol at her 57-year-old son's girlfriend who managed to push her away

She pulled out a second gun, which she told the police that her late husband had given her in the 1970s.

The girlfriend also managed to drop her from the hands of Ms. Blessing before escaping. call the sheriff's office

Police found Ms. Blessing in a lounge chair in her room. She later told them that she deserved to be "asleep" for her actions.

She is charged with first degree murder, aggravated assault and kidnapping, and her bond was set at $ 500,000.