82-year-old Tasered by Chicago police

CHICAGO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The Chicago Police Department is reviewing whether proper procedures were followed in the Tasering of an 82-year-old grandmother.

Officers arrived at the home of Lillian Fletcher, 82, Oct. 29 for a "well-being" check requested by the city's Department of Aging. However, Fletcher refused to allow the police to enter her home and the officers pushed their way through the slightly open door, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday.

The officers said Fletcher attempted to attack them with a hammer before she was subdued by a Taser-wielding police officer.

"My grandmother is easily confused," Traci Taylor, Fletcher's granddaughter, told the Sun-Times. "She probably didn't know what was going on."

Taylor said her grandmother suffers from schizophrenia and dementia.

"The matter is being looked into by the Office of Professional Standards, and the Chicago Police Department will also be reviewing the matter to determine if procedures were followed," a police spokesman said.

Fletcher was hospitalized for five days following the incident and the Sun-Times said she complains about persistent pain from the burn on her abdomen, where she was struck by the Taser.