LYON COUNTY -Law enforcement authorities in Lyon County are investigating a stabbing and have identified a possible suspect.

Just after 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Emporia Police responded to an apartment at 1333 Merchant Street for a report of a man who had been cut, according to a media release.

After the initial investigation, Police learned 27-year-old Jeremiah Burkett of Emporia had been cut 3 times with a cutting-type instrument.

Burkett was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health.
Burkett and the suspect, a male acquaintance, were reportedly having an argument during a small gathering inside an apartment when Burkett was cut.

Police detectives are looking for 20-year-old Robert Hinojosa IV, a person of interest in the case.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Emporia Police Department at 620 343-4200 or Lyon County Crime Stoppers at 620 342-2273.