Crime & Safety
Fight Between Brothers Leads To Stabbing, House Fire: PD
The two brothers and their mother were hospitalized on Monday morning. Arson detectives are investigating.
A fight between two brothers led to a stabbing and their home being set on fire in Dix Hills on Monday morning, police say.
According to authorities, a 30-year-old man stabbed his 32-year-old brother in the neck inside their Northwood Court home at 11 a.m. The 30-year-old, at some point, also set a fire in the basement, police say.
The older brother was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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Police tased the younger brother during the incident, authorities say. He was taken to Huntington Hospital.
The parents were home during the dispute and the mother was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
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Suffolk County Police's Second Precinct and the Arson Section detectives are investigating the incident.
This is a developing story.
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