HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The jury has reached a verdict in the case against a 40-year-old man accused of stabbing another man last summer.

The jury found Venancio “Vincent” Vigil Jr. guilty of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated battery.

He was found guilty for the stabbing of Francisco Gracia Jr. back on Aug. 31, 2016. Gracia was stabbed several times and spent five days in ICU at a Wichita hospital after the attack. The defendant reportedly stated that he was with a group called the Texas Syndicate and that he was going to kill him for his work with five law enforcement agencies in western Kansas.

The defense couldn’t get past the defendant’s testimony that Vigil was the one who stabbed him and the fact that the victim’s blood was on Vigil’s shoe.

The jury spent about five hours deliberating before reaching a verdict.

Sentencing will be on June 15 and District Attorney Keith Schroeder tells us Vigil is looking at 20 years because of his past criminal history.