Brothers' fight over video game ends in fatal stabbing

A fight over a video game ended with a 16-year-old boy dead and his younger brother charged with his murder.

"I just stabbed my brother," a sobbing Jahmir Ricks, 13, allegedly told police as they arrived at the home. The younger Ricks has been charged as an adult with first- and third-degree murder, aggravated assault and other related charges after he allegedly took a steak knife and killed Antwan Ricks.

The two had been playing a sports video game when an argument erupted over who would play the next game, according to Lansdowne Police Chief Daniel J. Kortan Jr. "It was a dispute over the use of a video game," he said.

Police said the older boy had lost the game but did not give the next turn with the controller to his brother. An autopsy revealed that Antwan Ricks had died from a single stab wound to the heart, Kortan said. The weapon, a black-handled knife with a six-inch blade, was recovered from the home. The blade was bent and "appeared to be blood-stained," according to the police report. » Full article here