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player ready...A Gurnee man testified Thursday in his Lake County murder trial about the fight that ended his brother’s life early on Christmas Day in 2022.
Kevin Biron-Bomis, 54, became teary after about 90 minutes of testimony, describing a night of holiday cheer that ended with the death of his brother Brandon.
“Had I not allowed him to come to my house, and had we not gone to those bars, none of this would have happened,” Biron-Bomis said as he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief.
He is charged with first-degree murder in his brother’s death, which happened during a fight at the defendant’s Gurnee house.
Earlier, the brothers had gone to their father’s Glencoe home for a holiday get-together, and they later visited several bars in the Gurnee and Waukegan area.
At their final stop at a bar, they had been asked to leave after Brandon had a negative interaction with a patron, and Kevin had pushed his brother, which sent Brandon sprawling onto the bar floor.
After the brothers returned to Kevin’s house, Biron-Bomis testified that he planned to drive his brother home to Glencoe when Brandon pushed him, and they ended up in a scuffle on the floor.
He testified that his brother began punching him in the back — Kevin said he had back surgery a year before and had sciatica — and that he “saw red.” Biron-Bomis said he punched his brother five to seven times in the face.
“It happened so fast. There was no time to think,” he said. “It was just reaction.”
Biron-Bomis said his brother was still breathing, but minutes later, he apparently stopped. The defendant said he tried to splash water on his brother and then called 911.