Lethbridge police are investigating an apparent homicide after a woman died in hospital following an assault at a north side home Thursday evening.
Officers were called around 9:40 p.m. to respond to a report that a 54-year-old woman had been assaulted at a residence in the 2300 block of 18th Street N.
When they arrived, they found a woman suffering from life-threatening injuries.
She was taken to the Chinook Regional Hospital where she later died. Her name and cause of death have not been released pending an autopsy, to take place today in Calgary.
A 28-year-old woman was taken into police custody. Charges are pending.
