SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting and looking for a suspect.
Just before 6:30p.m. Monday, officers were called to report of a shooting in 1600 Block of South Market in Wichita, according to Captain Brent Allred. Officers located a 23-year-old man with a single gunshot wound to his chest.
The victim was transported to a local hospital with serious but not life-threatening condition, according to Allred.
Investigators learned the victim got into a verbal argument with two other individuals who were sitting in a black Lincoln Navigator. During the argument, the front seat passenger fired one shot at the victim and the SUV fled the scene.
Later in the evening, officers located the SUV at a residence in the 1000 Block of North Volutsia. They spoke to the vehicle’s owner, 30-year-old Franklin Landis. Police booked him into jail on outstanding warrants, according to Allred.
The suspect is described as a 20-year-old white male. He was last seen wearing a black shirt, has an unknown red and blue tattoo under his left eye and he was carrying a black handgun.
Despite initial reports Monday’s shooting was related to a fatal weekend shooting in Haysville, that is probably not the case, according to Allred. “We are working with police in Haysville as the investigation continues.”
Anyone with information on the Monday shooting is asked to contact police.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Wichita shooting that critically injured one man may be related to a killing outside an event venue in a nearby community.
Emergency crews responded around 5:45 p.m. Monday to the Wichita shooting. Police Sgt. Robert Henning says a man in his 20s had been shot once in his chest. The man was awake and alert when he was taken to a hospital.
Henning says it appears that he was on a sidewalk with his friends and was flagged over to a vehicle, where a disturbance happened and he was shot. Henning says the vehicle is possibly connected to a deadly shooting that happened around 1:45 a.m. Sunday in Haysville after a party.
Haysville is about 10 miles south of Wichita.