Mass. man killed grandmother with skateboard, then attacked sister, dad, DA says
A 29-year-old man is facing murder and other criminal charges after prosecutors say he attacked his grandmother, then sister and father with a skateboard at the family's home in Hudson, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said Wednesday.
Devin Dube is set to be arraigned in Marlborough District Court on charges of murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; assault and battery on a person 60 or older/disabled person with serious injury; and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person 60 or older, court records show.
Hudson police were called to a home on Munson Road around 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday by Dube's sister, who told police her brother was attacking her with a skateboard, Ryan said during a press conference. Moments later, police got another call from inside the home reporting the attack and indicating that Dube's grandmother had also been attacked.
Prosecutors say Dube attacked his 90-year-old grandmother, Elaine, in the basement apartment of the home where she lived, hitting her several times with a skateboard, leaving her with what would ultimately be fatal injuries.
After the attack on his grandmother, Dube also got in a fight with his sister and his father, hitting both with the skateboard, Ryan said. Both were taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and have since been released.
When police arrived to the home, Dube had already fled, Ryan said.
About 45 minutes later, police received a third 911 call, reporting a person running around a property on Tower Street, not far from the home on Munson Road.
There, police found Dube hiding in a van and arrested him, Ryan said.
Elaine Dube was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, where she died of her injuries.
Hudson Police Chief Richard P. DiPersio called the attacks a "senseless tragedy." He added that there was no ongoing threat to the public, but that officers would remain in the area as they investigated.
"We ask for patience and, most importantly, respect for the victim's family as this process moves forward," he said during the press conference.
It's not clear what led up to the attacks, Ryan said.
Dube had been "in contact" with police on prior occasions, Ryan added, but "never behavior of this level."
"They have had interaction, not domestic interaction," she said.
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