Fatally Stabbed by Brother-in-Law Just Days Before Birthday

George Brown was fatally stabbed by his 37-year-old brother-in-law in Hopkins Village following a dispute over a jacket. The family reported that the incident unfolded just before 8 o’clock in the morning. They also said that Brown was only days away from celebrating his nineteenth birthday.

News 5 spoke with one of Brown’s family members, Jaden Rubio, who said he had left Brown at his house moments before the incident happened. “My cousin approached him nicely and asked him for his jacket. And he [Flores] didn’t want to give my cousin his own jacket.

“My cousin gets a little bit upset. Not knowing the other guy had a knife on him. That’s when my cousin tried to protect himself, and my little brother tried to protect two of them, and he ended up grabbing my cousin, and he ended up stabbing my cousin,” Rubio added.

According to Luke Castillo, he saw the altercation happen right before his eyes. Brown and Castillo were reportedly heading to Brown’s house when they were approached by Steven Flores in an aggressive manner. Castillo told News 5, “They were close, close in a fistfight, di throw fist. I didn’t see the moment when he hauled out the knife and stabbed my cousin and all. I didn’t see the moment when he haul out da knife.” Castillo added that Brown attempted to run towards his house but collapsed on his way.

When police arrived at the scene to arrest the Flores, the officers reported seeing a group of friends confronting Flores for the murder of Brown. Despite warning shots from police, the situation escalated as Flores armed himself with a machete and chased the group.