SEDGWICK COUNTY —The Wichita Police Department  has identified the two victims involved in Saturday’s homicide as, 24-year-old Manuel Otano-Hernandez of Wichita and 36-year-old Jesse Villalobos of Wichita.

At approximately 2:30 a.m., Officers responded to a shooting call at 21st and Market. Upon arrival, Officers located Otano-Hernandez with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was transported to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Officers also located Villalobos in the back yard of a residence in the 2200 block of north Market, with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was transported to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

The investigation revealed Otano-Hernandez and two other males were shooting a firearm into the air in an alley, west of 21st and Market. Several people were in the back yard of the residence where Villalobos was injured. A disturbance occurred between several people from the back yard and the alley. Shots were fired by an unknown suspect, striking Otano-Hernandez.

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Wichita Police Officer Paul Cruz says two groups got into a gunfight early Saturday in the northern part of the city.

Two victims were taken to a hospital, where they later died. Investigators haven’t determined if the shooting is gang related.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police in Wichita say two people have been killed in an overnight shooting.

Police say officers were called to the scene in north Wichita around 2:30 a.m. Saturday and found two men with gunshot wounds.

The men were taken to a hospital, where they both died from their injuries.

No other details of the shooting have been released, and no arrests have been reported.

The deaths marked 35 homicides in Wichita so far this year.