A Dayton man is accused of robbing and stabbing his wife’s cousin Saturday night.

The victim, 35-year-old Christopher Brown, told police that he brought money with him to the corner of Prescott Avenue and Kipling Drive because he thought he was going with his cousin’s husband to meet a lawyer.

Instead, he claims when he got in the car with Eric Blackshear, the man stuck a gun in his face and demanded the money. He then allegedly made Brown switch seats and drive the car before striking him in the head with a handgun.

Brown told police that he attempted to get the gun away from Blackshear and in the process crashed the car in the 3900 block of Larkspur Drive. He said during a struggle, Blackshear stabbed him under his jaw.

He said they then fell out of the car and he ran to a nearby house for help while Blackshear took off in the vehicle.

Blackshear called police and told a slightly different story, according to a Dayton Police incident report. He said that Brown tried to rob him and that he managed to get a gun and knife away from Brown and then stuck him with the knife. He said he was going to “turn himself in”.

Police were able to locate the car and Blackshear, who was being held in the Montgomery County Jail Sunday pending charges of felonious assault and aggravated robbery.

Brown was taken to Miami Valley Hospital where he was treated for serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

Both men have prior drug possession convictions and Blackshear has a prior conviction for carrying a concealed weapon.