{"id":52990,"date":"2026-01-23T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=52990"},"modified":"2026-01-23T03:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:43:33","slug":"brother-killed-after-teen-becomes-enraged-over-video-game-stabs-sibling-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=52990","title":{"rendered":"Brother killed after teen becomes ‘enraged’ over video game, stabs sibling: police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An Oklahoma teenager<\/a> is behind bars after allegedly calling 911 to tell authorities he stabbed his brother to death after becoming “enraged” over a video game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oklahoma City police were called to the scene of a domestic stabbing at Southeast 44th Street and Bryant Avenue around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to<\/u><\/a> FOX 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they arrived, officers learned two brothers, 19-year-old William Spencer and 25-year-old Nicholas Spencer, were reportedly playing video games<\/a> when William Spencer became angry and allegedly stabbed his brother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Spencer, 19, is charged with first-degree murder in the alleged killing of his brother in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.  (Oklahoma County Detention Center)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The calling person called in and said they had just stabbed their brother, officers got here and found a male with serious stab wounds,” Oklahoma City Police Master Sgt. Rob Robertson said, according to FOX 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Oklahoma County Detention Center is pictured in Oklahoma City on Oct. 3, 2023.  (Nathan J. Fish\/The Oklahoman via USA Today)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paramedics transported Nicholas Spencer to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Very tragic story,” Master Sgt. Gary Knight said during a news conference, according to<\/u><\/a> Law & Crime. “Two brothers who were playing video games. One became enraged over the game, got mad at the other and simply stabbed him to death.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities with the Oklahoma City Police Department reportedly responded to a 911 call regarding a domestic stabbing incident in an Oklahoma City suburb on Sunday, January 18, 2026. (iStock)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediately following the incident, William Spencer “stayed at the scene,” and was later “taken into custody, interviewed and then also booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center,” Knight reportedly said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Spencer allegedly admitted to his role in the killing and was transported to the Oklahoma County Jail and booked on a charge of first-degree murder, Law & Crime reported. He remains in custody on $10 million bond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Oklahoma City Police Department<\/a> did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Oklahoma teenager is behind bars after allegedly calling 911 to tell authorities he stabbed his brother to death after becoming “enraged” over a video game.  Oklahoma City police were called to the scene of a domestic stabbing at Southeast 44th Street and Bryant Avenue around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to FOX 8.  When they arrived, officers learned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":52991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[20924,26309,36080],"class_list":["post-52990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-after","tag-brother","tag-enraged"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52992,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52990\/revisions\/52992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}