April 15, 2009

9:18 EDT

Gilliam, La.- 

Two brothers who had been drinking all day got into an argument when they got ready to fix supper and one stabbed the other over a can of pork and beans, Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies said.

Deputies said Willie Casst, 54, and his brother, Agusta Wells, 63, both of Gilliam, had been drinking all day Tuesday. They were getting ready to eat when they started arguing about the beans, deputies said.

Wells swung at his brother but missed; Casst got a kitchen knife and stabbed Wells in the left arm and shoulder blade, deputies said.

Deputies didn't know what it was about their meal that set things off.

"The one who got stabbed said it was over pork and beans. That all he would say. The other one said, 'Take me to jail,'" Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick said.

Wells was taken to North Caddo Medical Center in Vivian for treatment.

Casst was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery.