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Police: Kan. man flags down help for trip to hospital after shooting

SEDGWICK COUNTY—  Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in connection with a shooting and have made an arrest.

Baker -photo Sedgwick County

Just after 6p.m. Monday police responded to report of a shooting in the 3900 Block of East Lincoln in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.

When officers arrived they found a 21-year-old man identified according to Sedgwick County booking records as Nicholas Baker. with head injuries but had not been shot.

Investigators learned that a 30-year-old man, Baker and an unknown woman were in 2010 Cadillac traveling on East Lincoln. The 30-year-old and the woman started fighting, according to Davidson.  The 21-year-old attempted to intervene and then the two men started fighting.

Baker brandished a handgun and fired multiple shots that struck the 30-year-old, according to Davidson.

The 30-year-old then battered Baker who fled from the Cadillac. The unidentified woman also fled on foot.

The 30-year-old flagged down a citizen in the area and asked to be driven to a local hospital. Police contacted the 30-year-old at the hospital. Following interviews and after taking Baker for treatment they arrested him for aggravated battery, according to Davidson.

The 30-year-old remains hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds, according to Davidson.

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