Thomas Phillip Brown, 47, was charged Feb. 24 in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison or one year in the county jail.
According to court records, Sequoyah County Sheriff's Deputy Rick Carter interviewed the stabbing victim at the Vian Police Department on Feb. 23. The stabbing allegedly occurred at about 8 p.m. on Feb. 22
The victim reported that Brown, with a shotgun, had come to the home of the victim's deceased parents to stay. After two days, the victim and his brother allegedly asked Brown to leave, but Brown refused. The victim reported that Brown began pushing his brother so the victim pushed Brown, who fell down. As Brown was falling, he allegedly stabbed the victim in the side with a silver lock-blade knife that was about four inches long, according to court records.
After the stabbing, Brown allegedly got up and went inside the home, and the victim and his brother left the home and went to the hospital. The victim reported that he and his brother assumed that Brown was going inside the home to get the shotgun.
