WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say a young girl is dead and another girl and a woman injured after stabbings in Wichita.
The attacks happened around 6:30 a.m. Friday. Police responding to a call about an accident found one girl and the woman inside a Jeep that had crashed into an empty van in a Wichita parking lot.
The girl is believed to be between the ages of 5 and 7 and died from multiple stab wounds. The woman also suffered multiple stab wounds.
A second girl, possibly a sister age between 4 and 6 years old, was later found with stab wounds in a field several miles away near Valley Center.
Wichita Police Sgt. Nikki Woodrow says police have “a person of interest” in custody and are looking for another man Antonio Ray.
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SEDGWICK COUNTY – Law enforcement officials are investigating a Friday morning stabbing death and aggravated battery and searching for a suspect.
Just after 6:30a.m., police responded to report of an injury accident in a parking lot near the intersection of Lincoln and Oliver in Wichita, according to police.
They found a young girl and a twenty-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds.
Both were transported to a local hospital where the child died.
Police confirmed just after 10 a.m. on Friday they had located Hassan Wright, 49, as a person of interest in connection with the stabbing.
They are also looking for Antonio Ray, 25, in connection with the case.
Police asked the public to call 911 immediately if you know where Wray is or see him.
He is considered armed and dangerous.
Wright has previous convictions for 2nd-degree murder and aggravated battery in Wyandotte and Sedgwick County, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
SEDGWICK COUNTY – Law enforcement officials are investigating a Friday morning stabbing death and aggravated battery and searching for a person of interest.
Just after 6:30a.m., police responded to report of an injury accident in a parking lot near the intersection of Lincoln and Oliver in Wichita, according to police.
They found a young girl and a twenty-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds.
Both were transported to a local hospital where the child died, according to police.
Police are looking for Hassan Wright, 49, as a person of interest in connection with the stabbing.
Person of interest in this mornings homicide. Please call 911 immediately if you know where he is . Armed and dangerous pic.twitter.com/4VEcjqehYN
— Wichita Police (@WichitaPolice) November 4, 2016
Police asked the public to call 911 immediately if you know where Wright is or see him.
He is considered armed and dangerous.
Wright has previous convictions for 2nd-degree murder and aggravated battery in Wyandotte and Sedgwick County.