An argument between a 26-year-old woman and her boyfriend's mother ended with the mother being bludgeoned to death in the backyard of a San Fernando Valley home, police said.
The dispute erupted between Cecelia Sharkey and her boyfriend's mother about 11 a.m. Saturday in the 1800 block of Victory Boulevard, said Sgt. James Harper of the Los Angeles Police Department.
At least three people witnessed Sharkey attack the woman in the head with a baseball bat, Harper said.
The woman, who was in her mid-50s, was taken to Northridge Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, according to the L.