SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal weekend stabbing and have a suspect in custody.
Just after 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, police were dispatched to report of a stabbing in the 2700 block of N Amidon in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.
On arrival, officers located 44-year-old Jayson Stalkup in the parking lot with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced deceased on scene.
At around the same time officers were dispatched to the stabbing, an injury accident was called in at 25th and Amidon. Officers arrived at that location and contacted 27-year-old Bryce Johnson of Bel Aire, Kansas, who they were able to identify as the suspect in the stabbing.
The investigation revealed that the two were involved in an altercation at an apartment complex when Johnston fatally stabbed Stalkup. It is believed the two men were known to each other.
Johnston was transported to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries, then transported to the Sedgwick County Jail, where he was booked for first-degree murder, according to Macy.