O'FALLON, Mo. — A man was charged Monday with stabbing two people with a pocketknife outside a laundromat here.Â
Jose Eucebio Barrera Amaya, who court records say lives in O'Fallon, faces two charges of first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action.Â
The stabbing happened Sunday afternoon outside the Highlander Laundry in the 300 block of Sonderen Street. Surveillance videos show Barrera Amaya entering the business and confronting one of the victims, who police say is Barrera Amaya's neighbor.Â
The two had argued the day before, police said.
Barrera Amaya punched the neighbor in the head inside the laundromat, charging documents say, then followed him outside. Barrera Amaya then flashed a pocketknife and stabbed the neighbor as he tried to run away, according to charging documents.Â
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The neighborhood's brother tried to intervene but was stabbed in the back.Â
When police stopped the van in which Barrera Amaya fled the scene, police say he admitted to stabbing the two men.Â
Barrera Amaya is in the country illegally, officials with the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement told police, but authorities did not specify how long he's been here or from what country he came.
A St. Charles County judge has set Berrera Amaya's bond at $500,000 cash only. According to court records, Berrera Amaya is being held at the St. Charles County Jail. A court date has not been scheduled. Â