A Jersey City man was stabbed multiple times and his brother is on the run from police after the men got into a bloody fight over the last can of soda, police said.
Police arrived at the brothers’ apartment on Fremont Street at 10:46 p.m. and found one of the brothers, 50, with a laceration and lump on the left side of his head and multiple small puncture wounds to his chest, neck and upper abdomen, the report stated. He was listed in stable condition today.
His brother, Michael Charles, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon.
The crime scene was “covered in blood,” according to the report.
The victim told officers that he was watching the NFC Championship game with his brother and mother when his brother went to grab the last can of Pepsi, officers said.
At this point, the 50-year-old and his brother had already been drinking alcohol for several hours and his brother was upset because the San Francisco 49ers were losing, he told officers.
When the 50-year-old asked his brother not to take the last can of Pepsi, his brother told him “to go f— yourself” and then picked up a pipe and struck him in the head, the report said.
The brother stabbed him several times in the chest with a small knife, officers said. The man told police he grabbed a knife and fought back, stabbing his brother in the arm.
The man’s brother fled and police searched the area, but could not find him, police said.
The victim became belligerent and refused a temporary restraining order against his brother, officers said. He was treated by paramedics at the scene and sent to the Jersey City Medical Center.
