BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) – A Bristol man was arrested Saturday in the fatal attack on a city woman.

Michael Foster, 37, faces several charges including assault, burglary, assault of a person over 60 and possession of a pistol without a permit. Selina Brewster, 36, died in the attack.

Police said Brewster ran screaming into a neighbor’s home early Friday morning and was followed by a crow-bar-wielding man, later identified as Foster. He allegedly beat Brewster until Victor Ventrello shot him in the head with a .22-caliber rifle he keeps in a closet, police said.

Brewster, a nurse, died on the Ventrellos’ floor after fleeing. Police said Foster also beat Brewster’s live-in boyfriend, identified as David Fongemie by the Hartford Courant.

Police say the three knew each other, though they did not elaborate.

Foster was airlifted to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center with gunshot wounds to the head and shoulder. He was arrested just before 2 p.m. Saturday.

“We couldn’t hold the door closed. He got into the foyer and started beating her with a crowbar,” Victor Ventrello, 66, told the Courant in a phone interview from a relative’s house Friday afternoon. He said the attacker hit his wife in the arm with the crowbar.

“I told him to stop beating her, or I’m going to get my gun,” Ventrello said. “He said I got a gun too,’ so I went and got the gun. I said stop or I’ll shoot.’ He didn’t stop, so I shot him.”

The victim’s mother, Lynn Fawcett Brewster, said her daughter’s death was a bad dream.

“I just can’t believe it,” Fawcett Brewster said. “She was an angel. She would do anything for anyone.”

Police still have not released details about a possible motive, but the attack shocked the quiet neighborhood.

“God help her, I can still hear those screams,” said neighbor Janice Gonsalves. “She was yelling, Help me, help me.”‘

Police said Brewster and Fongemie were attacked about 2:30 a.m. at Brewster’s home.

Fongemie was treated at Bristol Hospital and released, a hospital spokesman said.

Brewster had lived at the Valmore Road home since buying it from her grandfather about 10 years ago, neighbor Jane Carlson said.

“It’s unbelievable,” Carlson said. “She was a very nice girl. They were a quiet couple. He got her an engagement ring, and they were planning to get married.”

When police arrived at the scene, neighbor Jane Carlson said she heard Fongemie, 37, screaming from a window, “Where is she? Why won’t you tell me where she is? Is she down in back? Is she hurt? Why don’t you go down and look for her?”