Fatal Brighton stabbing started over money dispute, police say
A Brighton man charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a -year-old man killed him over a dispute involving paying for a phone according to an arrest affidavit Johnny Jose Moreno was arrested after police say he fatally stabbed Victor Ibarra at Eastgate Village mobile home park in the block of East Bridge Street on May Officers responded to the home at around p m and revealed Ibarra with two stab wounds to his chest and abdomen police wrote in the arrest account There was a large kitchen knife on the counter with blood on the tip and onlookers commented there had been a fight between Ibarra and an unknown man Ibarra was taken to Platte Valley Hospital and was pronounced dead at around p m Police later learned that Ibarra was already at the home when Moreno walked in with a small aluminum bat in his back pocket and started a fight A witness in the home repeatedly tried to break up the fight at one point taking a knife away from Moreno but he managed to find another knife and stabbed Ibarra and chased him around the kitchen police mentioned Related Articles Man arrested on suspicion of murder in fatal Brighton stabbing One killed in early Memorial Day shooting in Denver Aurora man woman arrested on suspicion of murder in shooting outside grocery store Man killed in stabbing at Brighton home Man sentenced to years in prison for fatal Commerce City shooting After Ibarra stumbled outside and a witness pushed the kitchen table in front of Moreno to try to stop him he started slamming the knife into the table and revealed he was made for this expletive spectators explained police At one point during the confrontation Moreno demanded Ibarra if he was going to pay for the phone and Ibarra revealed no A tipster later recounted police Moreno had also stolen Ibarra s car keys in a previous altercation Moreno and his girlfriend were driven away from the mobile home park by a witness who informed police she was afraid she would get hurt if she didn t comply and she later dropped him off in Aurora Moreno is in custody on a million bail and is set to appear in Adams County District Court on July Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day
