Teen accused of stabbing brother in squabble
CORAL SPRINGS (AP) – Two teenage brothers were home alone in their suburban neighborhood when an argument over loud music spiraled out of control, police said, leaving one brother dead from a knife to the chest and the other accused of killing him.
William Gorzynski, 15, was being held in juvenile custody on suspicion of second-degree murder in the Monday afternoon death of 14-year-old Matthew Gorzynski.
According to police in Coral Springs, about 45 miles north of Miami, Matthew was playing music on a home computer. William was watching television nearby and complained the volume was too loud. He told him to turn it down. Matthew refused. The two yelled at each other, then fought.
Then William went to the kitchen, grabbed a 7-inch knife and stabbed his brother in the upper left chest, Sgt. Joe McHugh said.
William called 911 soon after and told the dispatcher he had just stabbed his brother.
“It’s actually a confession on tape,” McHugh said. “He’s actually describing what occurred. This was definitely not accidental.”
McHugh said the tape won’t be released publicly because it’s considered evidence.
Gorzynski’s attorney, Glenn Roderman, said William is in disbelief.
“I don’t think he even believes it happened,” Roderman told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Roderman did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.
“It’s something he can’t even fathom,” Roderman told the newspaper. “This is a very beautiful and wonderful family. They can’t even believe it happened.”
He said they “fought like every other brothers do, but they don’t fight in an unusual way.”
The Florida Department of Children and Families has had “prior involvement” with the family and was reviewing its investigation, but would not comment further, said spokeswoman Elisa Cramer.
According to the police report, officers responded and smelled an “overwhelming odor of marijuana” inside the home. The report said the younger boy was “lying on the floor of the bedroom near a stain of blood that soaked into the carpet.”
The older brother “spontaneously uttered, ‘It was an accident, is he going to be OK?'”
The boy told police “he accidentally stabbed Matthew and later placed the knife back into the knife block.”