ATCHISON COUNTY–Law enforcement authorities are investigating a knife attack and have made an arrest.
Shortly before 9p.m. Friday night police officers responded to the 800 block Atchison Street in the cit of Atchison to investigate a stabbing that had just occurred, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson. A 50-year-old man was found at the scene suffering from a stab wound to the chest.
Officers immediately located Morrio T. Moore, 40, Atchison, in an alley in the 800 block Santa Fe. The investigation at the scene determined that Moore had stabbed the victim during a disturbance at a residence in the 800 block Atchison Street where both the victim and the suspect live together.
EMS transported the victim to Amberwell Hospital and later transported him to Mosaic Hospital in St. Joseph Missouri.
Morrio Moore is being held on a requested charge of aggravated battery.