Teaneck Man Charged In Fatal Stabbing

TEANECK, NJ - A 31-year-old Teaneck man faces charges after authorities say he fatally stabbed a man over the weekend in Hackensack.

Kelisen Brewley was arrested Tuesday and charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Hackensack Police Department, according to authorities.

The investigation stemmed from a 911 call on Sunday reporting at stabbing at an apartment on Anderson Street in Hackensack, the prosecutor’s office said.

Responding officers found the apartment’s tenant, Vanden L. Carter, 30, lying on the floor with multiple stab wounds to his torso, the prosecutor’s office said. Carter was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead later that night, authorities said.

Shortly after the call, police learned of another stabbing victim, Brewley, who had been treated at Holy Name Medical Center. Further investigation revealed Carter and Brewley were acquaintances and were at the apartment “when the two engaged in an altercation,” the prosecutor’s office said.

During the dispute, a third person tried to intervene and was assaulted by Brewley with a knife, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Brewley was remanded to Bergen County Jail pending his first court appearance.