A man called 911 Wednesday afternoon and reported that someone had killed his wife, but police arrested him after they found the woman fatally stabbed in a residence in St. Paul.

A baby and another adult were in the Summit-University residence at the time; they were uninjured, said Sgt. Toy Vixayvong, a St. Paul police spokesman.

The woman’s homicide was the first of the year in St. Paul. There had been four at this time last year.

Officers responded to the man’s 911 call just after 3:10 p.m. in the 400 block of Central Avenue. They found the man covered in blood and a woman who had an apparent stab wound, Vixayvong said. St. Paul Fire Department medics transported the woman to Regions Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Police took the man into custody and to police headquarters for questioning. He will be booked into the Ramsey County jail on suspicion of murder, Vixayvong said Wednesday night.

Police will release the woman’s name after it’s confirmed by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office. Police are also working to verify the man’s information that he and the woman were married.

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