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OF ASSAULTING AND KILLING ANOTHER PATIENT IN THEIR ROOM AT THIS NURSING HOME. >> A FRIEND OF MINE GOT MURDERED. TODD: A SHOCKING ATTACK INSIDE THIS HAVERHILL NURSING HOME, OXFORD MANOR. POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED JUST AFTER 7:30 SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN AN 83-YEAR-OLD MAN, A PATIEN ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A FELLOW PATIENT, A 76-YEAR-OLD MAN. >> A GOOD, OLD GENTLEMAN. HE WAS A NICE GUY. HE DIDN’T DESERVE WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. TODD: THE ESSEX COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS THE VICTIM WAS RUSHED TO HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE SUSPECT, JOSE VEGUILLA, WAS ALSO TAKEN THERE. HE IS NOW UNDER ARREST. >> THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, LIKE I SAID, HOW NOBODY HEARD IT, AND I GUESS THEY SAID THAT THE BEDROOM IS TOO FAR AT THE END OF THE HALLWAY, SO THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO HEAR ANY OF THAT. TODD: TODAY, THE NURSING HOME ISSUED THIS STATEMENT. "THE OXFORD’S HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN LAST NIGHT’S INCIDENT. BASED ON OUR INITIAL INTERNAL INVESTIGATION, OUR STAFF ACTED QUICKLY AND APPROPRIATELY IN THE MATTER." >> THEY ALL GOT TO SEE THE BODY ROLLED OUT. I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY WOULDN’T KEEP THEM IN THEIR ROOMS. BUT MY DAD GOT TO SEE IT, SO HE’S GOING THROUGH HAVING TO SEE, LIKE, CRUSHED SKULL. IT WAS JUST REALLY TRAUMATIC. TODD: THE D.A.’S OFFICE SAYS THE SUSPECT IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED TOMORROW. AT THIS POINT, IT IS UNCLEAR IF

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An 83-year-old man has been accused of beating a 76-year-old man to death at a Haverhill nursing home, according to the Essex District Attorney's Office.Officials said Haverhill police responded to The Oxford Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, also known as Oxford Manor, at 7:37 p.m. Saturday for a report of an assaultive patient at the facility.Upon arrival, police found the 76-year-old suffering from injuries that were believed to be the result of a physical assault. He was transported to Holy Family Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Authorities have not yet identified the victim.Jose Veguilla, 83, was arrested and transported to Holy Family Hospital, where he is undergoing an evaluation, according to the district attorney. Officials did not specify whether it was a physical or mental evaluation.Both men were patients at the facility, according to officials.“(The patients) all got to see the body rolled out," said Erika Wallace, who is the daughter of an Oxford Manor patient. "I don’t know why they wouldn’t keep them in their rooms but my dad got to see it, so he’s going through having to see the crushed skull. It was just really traumatic.”The district attorney said Veguilla is expected to be arraigned Monday. It has not yet been determined whether he will be arraigned at the hospital or in a courtroom.According to officials, Oxford Manor is a residential nursing facility located at 689 Main St."The Oxford’s heart goes out to the families of those involved in last night’s incident," reads a statement from the facility. "Our center is making additional support services available to our staff and residents. The Oxford Center and staff are working with the Haverhill and State Police Departments in their investigation. Based on our initial internal investigation, our staff acted quickly and appropriately in the matter; we are unable to comment further or provide additional details."“The only question that I had was how nobody heard it," Wallace said. "I guess they said the bedroom is too far at the end of the hallway, so they weren’t able to hear any of that.”WCVB is sending a crew to Haverhill and will provide more information once it becomes available.