MIAMI — A 21-year-old man accused of killing his brother over a CashApp conflict appeared in bond court on Friday in Miami-Dade County.
Jawan McBride told a detective the stabbing followed an argument over money in a shared CashApp account, according to a police arrest report.
“There was evidence of messages (3) hours prior to the stabbing of the defendants’ plan to kill the victim on this same day,” a police officer wrote, according to the police arrest report.
Police officers responded to their family home shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, along Northwest Fifth Court, near 58 Street in Miami’s Little Havana.
Before the stabbing, “the victim was asking the defendant for money that was owed to him,” a police officer wrote, according to the police arrest report.
McBride said his brother accused him of taking money from a shared CashApp account and threatened to take his paycheck as payback, according to police.
McBride “entered his room and armed himself” with an 8-inch knife, and when he “exited his room,” he “concealed the knife behind his leg,” according to the police arrest report.
McBride’s brother yelled from the living room before charging toward him, so McBride “swung the knife into” his brother’s torso," according to police.
Miami Fire Rescue personnel took the stabbing victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead shortly before 9:20 p.m.
The medical examiner’s autopsy determined that “the victim suffered from a perforated lung, stomach, diaphragm, and small intestine” and “a lower left rib was also chipped,” records show.
The medical examiner reported the cause of death was “sharp force injuries,” and the manner of death was “a homicide,” records show.
Police officers arrested McBride at 10:47 a.m. on Thursday at the home. Corrections booked McBride shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
McBride faced a first-degree murder charge. A judge denied him bond on Friday. The court set McBride’s pre-trial detention hearing for 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 17.
Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Christine Hernandez was set to preside over the case.
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