Oct 20, 2024

Kan. man stabbed in deadly altercation charged with murder

Posted Oct 20, 2024 1:00 AM
Martinez photo Sedgwick County
Martinez photo Sedgwick County

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man accused in an altercation that left 30-year-old Marco Gonzales-Arias dead made his first court appearance on Thursday.

Armando Martinez, 22,  is charged with second-degree murder, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office.  

Just after midnight October 12, police responded to the Emery Gardens apartment complex in the the 4200 block of S. Hydraulic in Wichita.

First responders found  Gonzales-Arias suffering from a gunshot wound. EMS transported him to a local hospital and he was pronounced deceased. 

Martinez suffered stab wound and fled the scene. Police located him, took him to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Just after 7p.m. October 12, he was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail. He is being held on a $500,000 bond, according to the district attorney's office.