Inset: Jawan McBride (Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation). Background: A section of Northwest Fifth Court in Miami-Dade County, Florida (Google Maps).
In Florida, a man allegedly killed his brother during a confrontation over missing funds from their shared CashApp account, according to law enforcement officials.
Jawan McBride, aged 21, faces charges of first-degree murder, as documented in Miami-Dade County court records examined by Law&Crime.
The victim’s identity has not been disclosed at the time of this report.
On January 21, at their residence located on Northwest Fifth Court just north of Miami, McBride’s brother confronted him over funds they jointly managed through CashApp, as detailed in an arrest report reviewed by McClatchy News.
“The victim was demanding the defendant return money he claimed was owed,” the arresting officer noted, according to information shared by the local independent TV station, WPLG.
McBride informed authorities that his brother was certain he had taken the money and allegedly threatened to seize McBride’s paycheck as compensation.
The arrest report suggests the suspect was planning violence amid the feud, with the document reading: “There was evidence of messages (3) hours prior to the stabbing of the defendants’ plan to kill the victim on this same day.”
At their home, McBride is said to have gone into his room and “armed himself” with an 8-inch knife, and when he exited the room, he “concealed the knife behind his leg,” WPLG quoted the report as saying.
The victim, who was in the living room, yelled and charged at McBride, and the suspect “swung the knife” into his brother’s torso, authorities maintain.
Police and medical personnel were called to the home and transported the brother to a nearby hospital, but the brother was pronounced dead that night, the report added.
An autopsy discovered the victim suffered a perforated lung, stomach, diaphragm, and small intestine, and his lower left rib was chipped, according to McClatchy News.
The cause of death was “sharp force injuries” and ruled a homicide, the report added. McBride also allegedly admitted to stabbing his brother over the feud over money.
The defendant was denied bond and remains detained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
