Brothers Stabbed, One Fatally, Following Argument Over Soccer In Williamsburg
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A 31-year-old man was stabbed to death in Brooklyn early Sunday morning.
According to police, Delvin Martinez, 31, of Brooklyn, was fatally stabbed in the torso and neck during an altercation that stemmed from a recreational soccer game on Heyward Street in the Williamsburg section shortly after midnight.
Martinez's mother says Delvin was trying to protect his younger brother, 29-year-old Oscar Martinez.
The younger Martinez was also found with stab wounds to the torso, neck and face, police said.
Rosa Lopez says as she slept last night, her heart was being broken.
She speaks very little English, so she spoke CBS2's Hazel Sanchez through her youngest son, Dilver Miejia. Dilver is also Delvin and Oscar's younger brother.
"Every time there will be a love," Mieja said. "Every time she will hold him in her heart."
Police said Delvin and Oscar were playing soccer at I.S. 71 in Williamsburg late Saturday night.
According to authorities, fights kept breaking out between the Martinez brothers' team and their opponent. It got so bad that at one point referees had to stop the game. At that point, the fight spilled into the street and escalated. Both Delvin and his brother were stabbed multiple times.
The suspects, believed to be members of the opposing team, got away before police arrived. The brothers were rushed to Woodhull Hospital where the elder Martinez was pronounced dead. Oscar remains hospitalized in critical, but stable condition.
CBS2 reports that Delvin leaves behind a six-month-old son.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.