Fernando Vargas via Facebook page.
A man who allegedly shoved his 70-year-old mother out of a second-story window during an argument at their Van Nuys apartment, then continued to attack her on the grou70-year-oldnd in front of bystanders, was charged Wednesday with murder.
Fernando Vargas, 40, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in connection with the death of his mother, Carlota.
Vargas was allegedly arguing with his mother when he pushed her out of the window about 3 a.m. Monday. Vargas then allegedly jumped out of the window and attacked his mother on the ground outside the apartment building in the 7400 block of Hazeltine Avenue, where they had lived for about a decade.
She died at a nearby hospital.
Vargas — who was treated for a heel fracture — could face up to 25 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
A neighbor told ABC7 that she saw Vargas stomping the woman and was horrified.
“Somebody yelled out for him to stop and he said that she was going to die anyway so that it didn’t matter no more,” she said.
–City News Service
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