BLACKMAN TWP., Mich. (WILX) – A 103-year-old woman had quite the night on Monday in Blackman Township.
On Nov. 4, around 7:25 p.m., officers from the Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety were dispatched to Arbor North Living, an assisted living facility for senior citizens located on Kingsbrooke Drive.
Staff at the facility reported a deer – specifically a buck – had entered one of the resident’s rooms. Staff members were unable to enter the room and could not say whether the elderly resident was injured, as she was out of sight.
Watch the full bodycam video at the bottom of this story.
They did, however, report blood was visible throughout the room, indicating the buck had been thrashing around in an attempt to escape.
Officers Luke Bradley and Ryan Martin arrived at the home and initially attempted to enter through the hallway door. From there, they saw the deer in the apartment’s living room near a set of glass patio doors.
The officers then moved outside to the glass doors, where they could see the deer but found the doors were locked, preventing them from helping the resident.
Out of concern for the resident’s welfare, officers decided to break the glass patio door with their flashlights and batons. Once it broke, the officers jumped into the home for safety, allowing the deer to exit the apartment and flee into the wilderness.
After the deer had left, officers continued through the apartment and found the resident, a 103-year-old woman, had been injured. She was conscious and alert and received medical attention before being transported to Henry Ford Jackson with non-life-threatening injuries.
Further investigation revealed that the buck had entered the apartment by jumping through a closed glass window in the resident’s bedroom while she was in bed. In its efforts to escape, the deer had caused additional damage and left blood throughout the apartment, likely from injuries it sustained upon entering.
A video clip from Public Safety Officer Ryan Martin‘s body-worn camera captures the deer inside the apartment as Officer Martin attempts to unlock the sliding glass door. In the video, the deer is seen running from the apartment, across the deck, and into the darkness.
After ensuring the woman was receiving medical attention, the two officers attempted to locate the deer, but it is believed to have fled into nearby woods.
This deer wasn‘t the only one to find themselves in someone’s home. According to our sister station in Wausau, Wisconsin, a deer was startled by their reflection and burst through the front door of a home on Thursday.
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