'Neighborhood mother' dies following alleged altercation with nephew in Hunts Point

To friends, 75-year-old Carmen Nunez was the neighborhood mother. She would feed everybody. She was a very good person, very helpful, a sweet neighbor. But in the eyes of her attacker, she was a target. Police sources say Nunez was found unconscious Saturday morning in her Hunts Point apartment after a domestic dispute. How it happened. Or what exactly went down? No one knows. I'm not too sure what happened, but I know that it shouldn't have ever happened. This woman was not comfortable showing her face, but says other neighbors watched the man run outside the building at 754 Minita Street with blood on his face. Officers responding to 911 calls of an assault in progress after 1240 that morning. That's where they found Nunez and rushed her to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her nephew, Taylor, taken into custody at the scene. Police would not confirm if this is being investigated as a homicide. Nunez was not found with stab wounds nor gunshot wounds. Instead sources say the two got into a physical altercation. It was just chaotic. I came down and you know we got PD over here. To get things situated. And tonight, a small vigil outside the apartment building to remember the mother of the block. We're in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx tonight. Mike LaMorte, News 12.