WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - A man is in critical condition at a local hospital with a stab wound to the chest.

Officers and Emergency crews were dispatched to the El Rancho motel at approximately 6:40 p.m. When they arrived, they found a man with a stab wound to the chest. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition.

During the investigation, police determined that the man had not been stabbed at the motel, but someplace else, and made his way to the motel after the fact. The patient has not been cooperative and WPD continues to look into the matter.