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Inset: Jawan McBride (Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation). Background: A section of Northwest Fifth Court in Miami-Dade County, Florida (Google Maps).
Authorities report that a man in Florida allegedly fatally stabbed his brother following a dispute over funds from their shared CashApp account. The victim had accused the suspect of taking money from the account.
Jawan McBride, 21, is facing charges of first-degree murder, as confirmed by court documents from Miami-Dade County that were examined by Law&Crime.
As of now, officials have not released the victim’s identity.
The incident took place on January 21 at their residence located on Northwest Fifth Court, just north of Miami. According to an arrest report obtained by McClatchy News, McBride’s brother confronted him about the missing money from their joint account.
“The victim was demanding the return of funds he believed he was owed,” stated the police officer in the report, as mentioned by local station WPLG.
The brother was convinced McBride took money from the account belonging to the victim, the defendant told authorities, and the brother reportedly threatened to take McBride’s paycheck as payback.
The arrest report suggests the suspect was planning violence amid the feud, with the document reading: “There was evidence of messages (3) hours prior to the stabbing of the defendants’ plan to kill the victim on this same day.”
At their home, McBride is said to have gone into his room and “armed himself” with an 8-inch knife, and when he exited the room, he “concealed the knife behind his leg,” WPLG quoted the report as saying.
The victim, who was in the living room, yelled and charged at McBride, and the suspect “swung the knife” into his brother’s torso, authorities maintain.
Police and medical personnel were called to the home and transported the brother to a nearby hospital, but the brother was pronounced dead that night, the report added.
An autopsy discovered the victim suffered a perforated lung, stomach, diaphragm, and small intestine, and his lower left rib was chipped, according to McClatchy News.
The cause of death was “sharp force injuries” and ruled a homicide, the report added. McBride also allegedly admitted to stabbing his brother over the feud over money.
The defendant was denied bond and remains detained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.