DEVELOPING: An elderly woman is in a critical condition after she was tasered by police at an aged care home in NSW's Snowy Mountains yesterday. 9News MORE:
Officers were called to Yallambee Lodge in Cooma after staff found Clare Nowland armed with a knife.The great-grandmother was at the Yallambee Lodge in Cooma at the time of the incident.NSW Police said her condition was being monitored.
"A critical incident team will now investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident," NSW Police said in a statement.It is understood Nowland is well-known in the community.
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