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Atchison Stabbing Leaves Man Injured

By Brian Hagen/Lauren Williams

05/23/2016

(KAIR)--A Saturday night fight in an Atchison park sends one man to the hospital with stab wounds.

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson tells MSC News 20-year-old Jacob Reynolds is accused of attacking the 19-year-old man with the knife.

“There was an altercation that occurred in Jackson Park at 10:45 p.m. on Saturday evening,” Wilson said.

Police discovered the altercation after the 19-year-old went to the hospital with a stab wound to the lower back, Wilson said.

“Reynolds was located at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday morning at a residence in the 1000 block of Parallel,” Wilson added.

Also wanted in connection with the altercation was 19-year-old Brett Smith, who was accused of brandishing a gun at the park.

Smith, arrested with Reynolds, is accused of pointing a handgun at several individual during the Jackson Park altercation, Wilson said.

“Reynolds and Smith had driven together to the park where the 19-year-old victim and another individual had driven after receiving text messages to meet the other individuals there,” Wilson added.

Reynolds, facing charges of aggravated battery and criminal damage to property, and Smith, facing a charge of aggravated assault, were both transported to the Atchison County Jail following their arrests.

Wilson says the 19-year-old stabbing victim was transported for hospitalized treatment in Saint Joseph, and continues to recover from the non-life threatening injuries.

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