A 20-year old man is in Osceola County jail awaiting arraignment to hear the charges against him in connection to an alleged stabbing of a 80- year old Reed City man.

According to the Michigan State Police, troopers from the Mount Pleasant post responded to a 911 call Wednesday evening about a man acting erratically on a property in Richmond Township. Upon arrival, troopers detained a 20-year-old man identified by witnesses as being involved in an assault on an elderly man.

Further investigation led troopers to an 80-year-old man with a stab wound to his neck.

Additional investigation resulted in the 20-year-old man being identified as the assailant.

The victim is in critical condition.