WATCH: 103-year-old woman injured after large buck gets trapped in senior home
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- A large buck became trapped this week inside a Michigan senior living facility with a 103-year-old woman, according to police.
Employees at the Arbor North Living facility in Blackman Township reported Monday that a deer had entered the apartment of one of their residents and was thrashing around, according to the Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety.
Police said the employees, who were unable to enter, could see blood around the room but couldn't tell if the woman was hurt because "she was out of sight."
When police arrived, two officers found the woman's doors locked but could see the buck flailing around the room through a glass screen door. They, however, could not see the woman either.
As seen in body-camera video, police decided the best way to end the situation was to break the glass on a sliding door using a baton. When they did, the deer reared-up and slammed into the glass, eventually "running from the apartment, across the porch, and into the darkness."
Police say the woman was found "conscious and alert" and was treated at the scene before being taken to a local emergency room with non-life-threatening injuries.
She later told police that she was in bed when the deer entered her apartment by jumping through a closed window in her bedroom.
"The animal, in its attempt to escape, had caused additional damage and left blood throughout the apartment, likely from injuries sustained upon entering," police said.
Police later tried to find the buck, but "it is believed to have fled into nearby woods."