Jul 29, 2022

Kan. man jailed after sword attack sends victim to hospital

Posted Jul 29, 2022 1:00 AM
Snowder-Hackett
Snowder-Hackett

SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating  a stabbing involving a sword and have made an arrest.

Just before 9p.m. July 25, police responded to a home in the 1300 Block of SW Woodhull in Topeka, according to a media release.  When they arrived, officers learned 25-year-old Jonathan Taylor Snowder-Hackett and another individual had been involved in an argument.

 Snowder-Hackett produced a sword and stabbed the victim.  The victim was treated at a local hospital, according to Topeka Police Lt. Manual Munoz.

Police arrested Snowder-Hackett on requested charges of aggravated assault; use of a deadly weapon, aggravated battery; knowingly use a weapon to cause great bodily harm, and criminal deprivation of property.