The address of the stabbing has been updated following a news release.
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Officers with the Wichita Police Department (WPD) have arrested a teenager following a stabbing incident that left a man “critically injured” Saturday morning.
According to the WPD, at approximately 6:45 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 2700 block of E. 15th St. N. for a stabbing call.
Arriving officers located the victim, a 20-year-old male, at the intersection of 15th Street and Volutsia, along with two citizens providing him with first aid.
WPD states that the victim had gotten into a verbal argument with his 17-year-old brother after he accidentally woke him up. During the argument, the suspect began stabbing the victim.
The victim received multiple stab wounds in his left upper body, lower back, and left arm. He was transported to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He underwent surgery and is in critical but stable condition.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery.
This investigation is ongoing and will be presented to the District Attorney’s Office.
If anyone has any information, they are asked to call WPD detectives at 316-268-4407, the See Something Say Something hotline at 316-519-2282, or Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111.
