MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston County Coroner has identified the elderly woman who died following an incident with another resident of a Mount Pleasant assisted living facility.

Margarette Cooper, 84, died at MUSC on Aug. 24, the day after a reported assault at The Artisan, Chief Deputy Coroner Brittney Martin said.

Both the cause and manner of death are pending, Martin says. The final report is expected to take 10 to 12 weeks to complete.

Mount Pleasant Police responded to the facility at approximately 7 p.m. on Aug. 23 for an assault call.

The report states police found a resident of the facility’s memory care unit lying on the floor unconscious. Police said they learned the victim was walking with a second woman when the woman grabbed the front of the victim’s collar a

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