Jan 09, 2022

Kan. man charged in fatal apartment parking lot killing

Posted Jan 09, 2022 12:00 AM
Johnston-photo Sedgwick o.
Johnston-photo Sedgwick o.

SEDGWICK COUNTY—A Kansas man accused in a fatal weekend stabbing made his first court appearance Wednesday.  Bryce Johnson, 27, Bel Aire, was charged in the first-degree murder of 44-year old Jayson Stalkup, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

Just after 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, police were dispatched to report of a stabbing in the 2700 block of N Amidon in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.

On arrival, officers located Stalkup in the parking lot with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced deceased on scene.

Police on the sene of the stabbing investigation photo courtesy KWCH
Police on the sene of the stabbing investigation photo courtesy KWCH

At around the same time officers were dispatched to the stabbing, an injury accident was called in at 25th and Amidon. Officers arrived at that location and contacted 27-year-old Bryce Johnson of Bel Aire, Kansas, who they were able to identify as the suspect in the stabbing.

The investigation revealed that the two were involved in an altercation at an apartment complex when Johnston fatally stabbed Stalkup. It is believed the two men were known to each other.

Johnston was transported to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries, then transported to the Sedgwick County Jail, according to Macy. He is being held on a $500,000 bond and is expected back in court on January 18, according to the district attorney's office.