Release posted on 03-12-21 at 10:57 a.m.
At 5:11 p.m., police officers responded to a house in the 2000 block of Queensboro Avenue South for a stabbing. Two adult brothers had gotten into an altercation. Jerald Nelson, DOB 12-29-83, used a kitchen knife to stab his brother in the chest. He also threatened another family member. Nelson's booking photo is attached.
The brother suffered a serious, but non-life threatening, injury and was treated at a hospital.
Nelson was arrested and faces two counts of attempted murder in the second degree.
Jerald Nelson
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YOLANDA FERNANDEZ - Public Information Officer