Father of Celtics star Jaylen Brown charged with attempted murder in Las Vegas

A man identified by multiple reports as the father of Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man multiple times. The incident took place on Wednesday night in a parking lot at a park in Las Vegas, as a minor car collision quickly escalated.

Court documents at Clark County Detention Center confirm that Quenton M. Brown was arrested on Thursday and charged with attempted murder. Brown reportedly goes by his middle name, Marselles.

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Brown had his first court appearance on Thursday afternoon, per multiple outlets. Bail was set at $300,000.

A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrest report obtained by multiple outlets said that the altercation began when the man who was stabbed was sitting in his car with his girlfriend, and an SUV pulled up next to the car. Someone came out of the passenger's side and dinged the driver's side of the other car. The woman told police that her boyfriend got out to check for damage.

A man, later identified as Brown, was confrontational, per the report, and a fight ensued. Brown then reportedly walked to the victim and produced an unknown object, before reportedly striking the other man in the back.

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Per multiple reports, doctors told police that the man suffered stab wounds to his back, upper right chest, a broken right rib that may need surgery and more. The man was described as being in critical condition.

The incident took place just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday; Brown was booked sometime Thursday morning. Police wrote in the report that Brown's clothing had blood on it, but that they did not find the knife allegedly used in the stabbing.

In an interview with local channel KSNV, Brown's attorney, Arnold Weinstock, said that Brown was "trying to defend himself." Brown told Weinstock that the other person involved in the altercation had a gun and hit Brown on the head with it. That detail was reportedly not in the police report.

Weinstock said that he believed that the $300,000 bail was "excessive" but that he expected Brown to be out in the next day or two.