(KAIR)--An Atchison man is accused of stabbing his roomate.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, officers responded to the 800-hundred block of Atchison Street shortly before 9:00 Friday night to investigate a stabbing that had just occurred.

Wilson said a 50-year-old man was found at the scene suffering from a stab wound to the chest.

He said officers immediately located 40-year-old Morrio Moore in an alley in the 800 block of Santa Fe.

Wilson said the investigation at the scene determined that Moore had allegedly stabbed the 50-year-old victim during a disturbance at a residence in the 800 block of Atchison Street where both the victim and the suspect lived.

Moore was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery. Following his arrest, he was booked in the Atchison County Jail.

The victim was transported to Atchison's Amberwell Health by EMS and later transported to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri.