Wichita police announce arrest in Friday night stabbing death

Updated 5:05 p.m. Saturday

Police announced the arrest Saturday of a 53-year-old man who was booked into jail for first degree murder in Friday night's stabbing death of a 68-year-old man.

The arrest was made at 27th Street South and Magnolia, police said. They recovered the victim's truck in the 300 block of West 32nd Street South and made the arrest after receiving information from a 911 call.

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Wichita police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a 68-year-old man Friday night.

Officers responded to a call about a cutting in the 1600 block of South Erie about 10:30 p.m. They found the man lying in the street, Officer Charley Davidson said.

Police learned that the man had been driving his 2003 black Chevy Z71 Silverado extended cab truck north on Erie. He stopped and there was a disturbance in the street between him and another man.

The 68-year-old was stabbed multiple times and the man stole the pickup, Davidson said.

The truck has chrome rims, a chrome handle on the tailgate and the passenger window is tapped up. It has a 60-day tag.

Davidson said this isn't believed to be a random event, but no arrests have been made.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111 or police at 316-268-4407.

This story was originally published June 9, 2018 at 11:26 AM with the headline "Wichita police announce arrest in Friday night stabbing death."