HACKENSACK, N.J.—Kelisen O. Brewley of Teaneck is charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault after he allegedly stabbed a Hackensack man to death Jan. 26 following an altercation, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Victim Vanden L. Carter, 30, suffered multiple stab wounds to his torso, said Musella. Hackensack police responded to Carter’s Anderson Street apartment and rushed him to Hackensack University Medical Center, but he succumbed to his injuries, Musella said.
A third party had attempted to intercede in the altercation but was also assaulted by Brewley with a knife, Musella said.
Brewley—who is 31 years old and resides in Teaneck—had been treated at Holy Name Hospital as a stabbing victim shortly after the incident, investigators learned.
“The ensuing investigation revealed that the victim and Kelisen O. Brewley were acquaintances and had been together in the apartment when the two engaged in an altercation,” Musella said.
The BCPO arrested Brewley Jan. 27, and remanded him to Bergen County Jail. His first appearance in court was Tuesday, Jan. 28.
The second-degree manslaughter charge is punishable by up to five to 10 years in jail, if found guilty.
