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81-year-old being held in man's slaying

BREA, Calif., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A 26-year-old man in California man was allegedly gunned down by the 81-year-old grandmother of the victim's former wife.

Police in the town of Brea near Los Angeles were holding the woman on suspicion of murder in the death of Alex L. Reyes who died Sunday at a hospital, reports The Los Angeles Times. Authorities have not released a motive for the shooting.

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The woman allegedly shot Reyes in the head and thigh as he tried to pick up his toddler son, the report said. One witness described the suspect as a cranky woman who let her dog urinate on neighborhood lawns and cursed anyone who complained about it.

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