Bar fight between brothers leads to attempted murder charge

A 40-year-old antheral was charged with attempted execution aft authorities accused him of stabbing his member with the breached grip of a solid brew mug during a combat past week astatine a northwest Las Vegas bar.

At astir 8:10 p.m. connected Aug. 25, Metropolitan Police Department officers received a study of a stabbing astatine the Mangos Beach Bar, astatine 6650 Vegas Drive, according to an apprehension report.

When constabulary arrived, they recovered a antheral lying wrong the barroom “surrounded by blood,” with 2 radical pressing achromatic towels to his cervix to halt the bleeding.

The antheral told constabulary that helium was drinking with his member and different comparative erstwhile the different 2 men got into a fight. His brother, identified arsenic Philip Johnson, attempted to deed his comparative with a solid brew mug, but Johnson’s member stepped betwixt the 2 and was deed instead, according to Johnson’s apprehension report.

Surveillance footage showed Johnson’s member attempting to get the brew mug retired of his hand. Johnson past swung the mug, hitting his member connected the broadside of his look and breaking the glass, the study said.

Johnson’s member fell to the ground, and Johnson past attempted to stab his brother’s cervix with the breached mug grip astir 7 times, according to the report.

“Philip past is pressing his close manus onto (his brother’s) cervix successful a grinding question arsenic if to thrust the breached solid into (his brother’s) neck,” the study said.

Johnson besides attempted to stab his member successful the rib cage, according to the report. Johnson stopped attacking his member erstwhile the bartender noticed the fight, and helium near the scene, the study said.

His member suffered aggregate cuts connected his look and head, including a 3-inch chopped to his neck. The antheral told constabulary the combat betwixt Johnson and their different comparative began aft Johnson mislaid wealth astatine a poker machine, the study said.

Police arrested Johnson aft helium walked into MountainView Hospital with cuts to his hand. He aboriginal told constabulary that helium punched his member and deed him with the brew mug “in an effort to support himself,” but helium denied stabbing him with the breached glass, the study said.

Johnson was charged with attempted execution with a deadly weapon, tribunal records show. He remained successful the Clark County Detention Center connected Friday with a $10,000 bail.

A preliminary proceeding successful the lawsuit is scheduled for Jan. 6.

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