KC police use stun gun to stabbing suspect

Kansas City police officers used a stun gun Friday to subdue a woman who refused to surrender a knife following a stabbing incident.

Officers arrested the woman following an altercation in which a man was stabbed near Southwest Boulevard and Summit Street, according to a police dispatcher.

Police responded to the intersection late Friday afternoon. The man was in surgery following the incident, according to a tweet from Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Fortè.

This story was originally published July 4, 2014 at 9:29 PM with the headline "KC police use stun gun to stabbing suspect."