SIKESTON, Mo. -- Formal charges are being sought for three subjects in connection with an apparent attempted burglary early Wednesday.

According to a news release from Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jim McMillen, a call was received about 4:10 a.m. Wednesday to report a stabbing. Officers responded to the 200 block of South Scott Street to find a 17-year-old with a severe cut to his right wrist. The subject was accompanied by two juvenile boys.

The 17-year-old told officer Bryan Dover he was stabbed. Dover noticed a blood trail leading east in an opposite direction from where the stabbing reportedly occurred.

When Dover followed the blood trail, he ended up at Sikeston Hair Supply, where the window had been broken out by a brick. The business was also burglarized, and it was apparent the offender had been injured by broken glass while attempting to gain entry.