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29 July 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Riverside Police Arrest Stabbing Suspect
One brother stabs his brother twice and then stabbing victim pushes him out of moving truck

On Sunday, July 27, 2014 at 3:48 p.m., the Riverside Police Department received a call of an individual
who had been thrown from a moving truck in the southbound lanes of Harlem at Addison Road. Upon the
first officers arrival, the vehicle in which the subject was thrown from, a white panel van, continued to go
southbound on Harlem. A short time later, the vehicle returned at which time police ordered the truck to
stop at the corner of Addison and Harlem. When the driver exited the vehicle, he told officers that there
was an individual in the back of his truck that had been stabbed.
When police opened the truck rear cargo door, they found a male subject with two stab wounds to his leg
sitting in the back of the truck. He had his leg shrink wrapped so that blood would not continue to flow.
The officers summoned paramedics to the scene for both individuals.
During the investigation at the scene, it was learned that the driver, who was not involved in this situation,
was driving to a storage facility in Romeoville. The middle seat passenger, who was the stabbing victim,
and the right seat front passenger were brothers. The offender, sitting at the passenger right door after
arguing with his brother who was seated in the middle seat lunged over twice with a box cutter and
stabbed his brother two times in the leg. The brother then fearing for his life pushed his brother out the
door while the truck was moving. Both individuals were taken to McNeal Hospital in Berwyn for treatment.
Both brothers were released later that same night into police custody.
It was learned through investigation that earlier in the day the two brothers had argued over both having
an intimate relationship with the same woman. This escalated to where the suspect while driving on
Harlem Avenue stabbed his brother.
The victim, who was stabbed, pushed his brother out the door in self-defense as it appeared that the
suspect was going to continue to stab his brother.
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RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT
31 Riverside Road, Riverside, IL 60546
Riverside Police shut down the intersection of Harlem and Addison for approximately 45 minutes to
process the crime scene which included the white box van.
After reviewing the case with the Cook County States Attorneys Office the offender, Larry Brown,
53 of the 300 Block of Karlov Avenue in Chicago was charged with one count of felony aggravated
domestic battery. The brother who was pushed out the truck while it was moving sustained minor
injuries. The victim was not charged for pushing his brother out of the truck as this was done in self-
defense.
Mr. Browns criminal history included 20 prior arrest including burglary, weapons offences, theft, assault
and drugs.
Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel stated, During the course of the investigation, it was learned that
the offender stabbed his brother two previous times over the last several years stemming from family
arguments. In each of those cases, the stabbing was not reported to the police and the victim sought
medical attention without any police intervention. Chief Weitzel went on to say, As this is a domestic
violence situation, police sought criminal charges even though the victim initially was not going to
cooperate with the police. However, the victim finally did fully cooperate with police in this matter and the
offender is awaiting bond hearing on Tuesday morning.

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