SEDGWICK, Kan. — Law enforcement authoritis are i investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Monday morning in the city of Sedgwick.
At approximately 12:06 a.m. deputies with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office and Harvey County Sheriff’s Office, along with officers from the Sedgwick Police Department, responded to a reported shooting in the 100 block of South Commercial Avenue, according to Sheriff's Department spokesman Branden Stitt.
First responders found 18-year-old Hunter Johnson of Valley Center suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Sedgwick (city) EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
Law enforcement took a 16-year-old Valley Center juvenile male into custody as the suspected shooter. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office initially reported the suspected shooter was 15 years old. Detectives have since confirmed he is 16.
The preliminary investigation indicates several teenagers were hanging out at the home on South Commercial Avenue when the shooting occurred. The victim and suspected shooter are not related.
On Monday afternoon, the 16-year-old Valley Center boy suspected in the fatal shooting was booked into the Sedgwick County Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center on requested charges of murder in the first degree, criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling, two counts of criminal damage to property, carrying a concealed weapon by a person under age 21 and carrying an automatic weapon.
Detectives determined the automatic weapon allegation involves a handgun that had been modified to fire automatically.