SAN CLEMENTE, California --
Adam Abdul-Jabbar, the son of basketball Hall of Famer Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar, was arrested earlier within the week for allegedly
stabbing his neighbor in California, authorities confirmed Friday.
The 28-year-old was booked Wednesday on suspicion of assault with a
deadly weapon, a spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff's Department
said. He was released on $25,000 bond the identical day.
According to authorities, deputies responded Tuesday night to a call of a
stabbing in San Clemente.
The suspect was taken into custody without incident, officials said.
He was later identified as Abdul-Jabbar.
The victim, Ray Winsor, drove himself to a hospital with multiple
injuries that weren't life-threatening, the sheriff's spokesperson said.
Winsor told our sister station KABC that he's lucky to be alive after
being stabbed seven times, with the knife even puncturing his head.
Residents within the earth described Abdul-Jabbar as a "good kid" and
were shocked by the alleged violence.
Winsor said the confrontation started over trash cans, an ongoing issue
between the two for the previous number of years.
"I type of got on him because the girl who takes care of him is
83-year-old, he doesn't do anything for her and it just bums me out,
she's in an exceedingly walker taking her trash cans down," Winsor said.
Winsor said Abdul-Jabbar went into his home, although came back out.
According to Winsor, the 28-year-old said he was visiting stick a knife through his neighbor's teeth.
It was an announcement that Winsor thought was a joke because, he said, "of the connection we've had for years."
After Winsor began to steer off, he said he thought he felt punching.
"I thought he punched me a pair of times, on the choice hand I saw blood," Winsor said.
"I said, 'Dude, you stabbed me.'"
Winsor said as he tried to form it back to his house, Abdul-Jabbar was
standing before him. That's when he punched Abdul-Jabbar.
"One punch and it knocked off his glasses. i feel it knocked the knife
out of his hand, I'm unsure because it absolutely was dark out there,"
Winsor said.
KABC spoke to Adam Abdul-Jabbar briefly outside his home, but he failed
to want to permit a handout.
"Maybe later," Abdul-Jabbar said.
Winsor said Abdul-Jabbar apologized to his wife the day after the
stabbing.
A spokesperson for suspect's father, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, said he isn't
making statements at now as he's still getting information.
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