A 15-year-old Pennsylvania boy is on the run after slashing his 17-year-old brother with butcher knife and leaving him in critical condition in a ‘Cain and Abel’ attack, police said Monday.
The brothers were alone in their house in Upper Darby on Saturday afternoon when they began fighting about money the older brother allegedly owed to his younger brother, a local police officer told the Philadelphia Daily News.
Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said the younger teen grabbed a butcher knife and began swinging it at his brother, saying he was going to kill him.
Slash and run: Tyree Wilson, 15, of St. Laurence Road, pictured, is on the run after slashing his 17-year-old brother with a butcher knife and leaving him in critical condition in a 'Cain and Abel' attack, police said Monday
The older boy reportedly put up his left arm to defend himself and almost lost his hand.
He then put up his right arm and his younger brother, identified by police as Tyree Wilson, caused a severe gash to that arm as well, Chitwood said.
The unidentified 17-year-old was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was said to be in serious condition on Sunday.
Wilson had not been apprehended as of Sunday afternoon.
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Chitwood said the 15-year-old would be charged as an adult with aggravated assault and related offensives.
‘He's lucky he didn't kill him. If the kid didn't defensively put the block up, he would have killed him,’ the officer told the Philadelphia Daily News.
‘The tragedy is that here's two brothers, and now one's almost dead and the other is wanted over something stupid.’
According to the book of Genesis, Cain and Abel were the two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain is described as a crop farmer and his brother Abel, a Shepard. Cain was said to be the first human born and the first murderer, while Abel was said to be the first human to die, according to the biblical text.
Violent outburst: Wilson reportedly grabbed a butcher knife and began swinging it at his brother, saying he was going to kill him (Stock photo)