Police: 85-year-old DC man fatally stabbed 81-year-old wife
An 85-year-old man has been arrested and charged with stabbing his wife to death over the weekend, according to D.C. police.
Officers responded to a reported stabbing at an apartment in the 1300 block of Corcoran Street, Northwest, around 3:40 p.m. Sunday. Police said 81-year-old Sharron Hilda Schwartz was found inside her apartment with stab wounds and that her husband, 85-year-old Steven Schwartz, was also found inside with “self-inflicted injuries.”
Both were taken to the hospital, where Sharron Schwartz died. Steven Schwartz’s injuries were not life-threatening, according to police, and he was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed.
Below is a map of where the stabbing happened: