SEDGWICK COUNTY — A Kansas sex offender with a previous conviction for child rape will return to court Friday for a sentencing hearing.
Anthony Irby, 44, Wichita is scheduled to learn his fate in the courtroom of Judge Kathleen Watson.
On April 23, Irby, pleaded no contest to aggravated battery, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office. Charges of criminal possession of a weapon and interference with law enforcement were dismissed,
Just after 8:30 a.m. Sunday, September 21, 2025, a 62-year-old male victim from Wichita walked to Fire Station #2 with a gunshot wound to the leg, according to a media release from police. The victim was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries and is expected to survive.
Patrol officers responded rapidly and located the suspect identified as Anthony Irby of Wichita, according to Sedgwick County arrest records. Irby was nearby and attempted to flee on a bicycle. He was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail.
The investigation revealed that the suspect and victim were involved in an argument over property when the shooting occurred. Irby was originally booked into jail on requested charges of aggravated battery, criminal possession of a weapon and interference with law enforcement, according to online records.
Irby has previous convictions that include rape and aggravated criminal sodomy involving a 10-year-old girl in 2005 and for drug possession, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He was released from prison in 2019.