NOBLE COUNTY, OK —The Kansas man who fled the scene of a fatal weekend shooting in Wichita is in custody in Oklahoma, according to Wichita Police officer Paul Cruz
Robert Hill is being held in Perry, Oklahom after state troopers arrested him at a bus stop there Monday, according to the Noble County Sheriff’s Department.
Just after 2 a.m. Saturday, Hill allegedly shot and killed his sister’s boyfriend Patrick Ball-Morse, 23, during argument at at apartment in the 800 Block of west 26th Street South, according to Wichita Police Lt. Todd Ojile.
Hill has previous convictions for drugs, assault and theft, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
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SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and searching for a suspect.
Just after 2a.m. Saturday, police responded to a shooting in the 800 Block of west 26th Street South in Wichita, according to Lt. Todd Ojile. Police located a 23-year-old man identified as Patrick Ball-Morse dead from a single gunshot wound in an apartment, according to Ojile.
Investigators learned that Ball-Morse and his 25-year-old girlfriend were at the residence moving items out an apartment. The girlfriend and her 34-year-old brother got into an argument. The brother brought out a handgun. According to investigators, Ball-Morse attempted to intervene when he was shot and killed.
Immediately after the shooting, the suspect identified as Robert G. Hill fled the area, according to Ojile. Hill has outstanding warrants in Sedgwick County and is considered to be armed and dangerous.
He has previous convictions for drugs, assault and theft, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Anyone with any information on Hill is asked to call 911.
This is the 27th homicide in Wichita in 2018.