Crime & Safety
Police: Southampton Man Stabbed by Brother [UPDATED]
Maxwell Irwin charged with felony assault.
Update Nov. 21, 5 p.m. - A Southampton man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed multiple times on Saturday, and his brother is charged with assault and jailed in lieu of $1 million bail, according to police.
Southampton Town police said the victim suffered severe bleeding and a collapsed lung after his brother, who resides with him at a Wiltshire Street home, broke into his bedroom and attacked him with a kitchen knife.
Police said 22-year-old Maxwell Irwin used a ladder to enter the bedroom through a window around 6:44 a.m., then stabbed the victim numerous times in the chest and torso.
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The victim was initially taken to Southampton Hospital, then transfered to Stony Brook University Hospital.
Southampton Village and New York State police assisted in a search for Irwin, who fled the scene before officers arrived, town police said. Then around 1 p.m., detectives located Irwin on North Sea Road in Southampton.
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Irwin is charged with first-degree assault and aggravated contempt, both felonies, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.
Police did not say what preceded the alleged attacked.
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A Southampton man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed by his brother multiple times on Saturday, according to police.
Southampton Town police said the victim suffered severe bleeding and a collapsed lung after his brother, who resides with him at a Wiltshire Street home, broke into his bedroom and attacked him with a kitchen knife.
Police said 22-year-old Maxwell Irwin used a ladder to enter the bedroom through a window around 6:44 a.m., then stabbed the victim numerous times in the chest and torso.
The victim was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital.
Irwin was arrested at 1:12 p.m. and charged with first-degree assault, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.
Police did not say what preceded the alleged attacked.
Check back for more details as they become available.
