photo by: Conrad Swanson

A home at 1518 Oak Hill Ave. was taped off Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, after police said a 52-year-old man was stabbed.

A 52-year-old man was hospitalized with critical injuries early Friday after he was stabbed, Lawrence police said.

About 5:45 a.m., a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy patrolling near the intersection of 13th Street and Haskell Avenue encountered 37-year-old Wynn Sterling Antrim Anderson, who appeared to have blood on his clothes, the Lawrence Police Department said in a news release.

photo by: Conrad Swanson

A home at 1518 Oak Hill Ave. was taped off Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, after police said a 52-year-old man was stabbed.

Shortly thereafter, Lawrence police officers were sent to Anderson’s home, which is in the 1500 block of Oak Hill Avenue. There they found a 52-year-old man “with obvious critical injuries.”

On Friday morning, two homes — 1505 Oak Hill Ave. and 1518 Oak Hill Ave. — were blocked off with police tape while detectives knocked on the doors of neighboring homes.

The homes are across the street from Oak Hill Cemetery, and the deputy found Anderson approximately six blocks away.

The 52-year-old man was flown to an area trauma center for his injuries, which are considered life-threatening, according to the news release.

Anderson was arrested as a suspect in the stabbing, but criminal charges have not yet been filed.

Lawrence Police Sgt. Amy Rhoads said investigators do not believe additional suspects were involved in the stabbing.

Citing the ongoing investigation, Rhoads would not say how or whether the injured man and Anderson are acquainted, where the stabbing took place or what may have led to it.