Toronto police have charged a 36-year-old woman with first-degree murder after investigators say her 63-year-old mother died in a North York apartment building early Friday.
Emergency crews were called to the apartment on Culford Road, just south of Lawrence Avenue West and east of Black Creek Drive, before 3 a.m.
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A Toronto paramedics spokesperson told Global News their crews they were called for reports of a stabbing.
Despite their efforts to save the victim’s life, police said the woman — identified as Claudette James — died at the scene.
According to an update issued by officers Friday evening, Shelly-Ann James was arrested at the scene and subsequently charged with murder.
The update said she appeared in a Toronto court Friday afternoon.