Person of interest in custody after senior woman was stabbed to death in Staten Island home

An 87-year-old woman was fatally stabbed on Thursday night in her Staten Island home.

According to police, at 11:31 p.m. on Dec. 5 officers from the 122nd Precinct responded to a call regarding an assault in progress at 33A Carmel Ct. Upon their arrival, police found Laxmiben Khristi with a stab wound to her chest.

Paramedics rushed Khristi to Staten Island University North Campus, where she later died of her injuries. 

A person of interest was taken into custody at the scene. The investigation remains ongoing.