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A Friday-night knife fight at a home in the 2500 block of Waverley Street in Palo Alto left one man dead and another facing homicide charges.

Police Sgt. Sandra Brown said police received a report at 9:10 p.m. Friday of a fight involving a knife underway. Officers found a man bleeding from non-life-threatening wounds in front of the home when they arrived, and a dead man inside, she said.

The name of the dead man is being withheld pending notification of kin.

The wounded man was arrested for homicide and assault with a deadly weapon at 3 a.m. Saturday, following an investigation of the scene by detectives.

He was identified as Herman Van Bragt, 45, of Auburn. He was booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose.

Brown said detectives and crime-scene investigators were continuing the investigation Saturday morning.

(View the press release)

— Palo Alto Weekly staff

— Palo Alto Weekly staff

— Palo Alto Weekly staff

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8 Comments

  1. I think they might mean 2500 block. There is still police tape blocking the sidewalk and all around a house on that block as of this morning.

  3. The Mercury-News is reporting that the suspect is the son of the home owner. The victim is the boyfriend of the home owner. The suspect is the person who called the police. Motive was not mentioned.

  4. This is a pretty weak and uninformative article. First of all,
    in a ‘knife fight’ , two or more people each armed with a knife, are fighting. If only one has a knife, then it’s a ‘stabbing’ or ‘knife attack’ If you’re going to report on street violence, then get
    your wording straight! And the Merc has a whole different story,
    what about it? Geez, no wonder all you gumshoes are getting laid off.

  6. It is good about that,he is going to get a Psychiatric evaluation.it was really mentally sick,all his medicines disappear from the place where he use to keep them a few Months before from now,he ask me to take him to some doctor in Auburn that he use to see trying to replace the some medicines he where so desperate by then,he really where need it to get the medicines,that someone took away from him.I didn’t post any comments on this web site because I didn’t know there where one on line I did find it out till last Friday night,and I didn’t know what happens with Herman I hear about him on March the 28 he stop seen me on March 3,I try very hard to fine out what was going on with Herman after, I didn’t hear from him until Herman’s brother call me ,and after that he tell me about what happens I got in shock, I lose my mind.My 19 Year old son call 911 they took me to Emergency Hospital, after I get my mind back the next Day they transfer me to the Psychiatric Hospital for 7 Day’s, after that I didn’t know how to find out about the Place where Herman is right now.It is one of the reason I am posting this comments till know.It really seems to me pretty much that Lady Sharon where involved on what my boyfriend did and going on through right now.Sharon knew about my boyfriend mental problems,she knew he is sick, and she done something not good ones before that I don’t think it was right she took Herman out of a Psychiatric Hospital some time last Year she didn’t let him to complete the time that he where allotment She feud it and win to take him out of the Hospital.Herman ask me more then twice to take him down to Palo Alto. I remember he did tell me I need to see My Mom…., she turn really nice Mom, and really good, after my Dad Died she wasn’t like that before I completely refuse to take him down there because I got the filling something horrible like that could happens My Name is Maria and I live in Placer County.
    I love my boy friend very much……, I am prying every single Day.

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