By Associated Press - Friday, December 18, 2020

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - A Manhattan man has been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse after a 2-year-old child died at hospital, Riley County police said.

Gage Anderson, 21, was arrested on Thursday and is being held on $500,000 bond in the Geary County Jail.

He was arrested after officers went to Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan to respond to a report of a severely injured child. The victim died later that day.

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Police said Anderson and the child lived at the same home.

No further details have been released.

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