Feb 11, 2022

Sheriff: 23-year-old Kansas man found dead outside rural home

Posted Feb 11, 2022 2:00 PM

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in the Wichita suburb of Haysville.

Just after 1 p.m. Thursday, sheriff's deputies were sent to check the welfare of a man in the 200 block of east 86th Street South after a property owner noticed him lying next to their home, according to Sheriff's Lt. Benjamin Blick.

When deputies arrived to check on the man, later identified as a 23-year-old from Wichita, they discovered he was deceased and had suffered a gunshot wound.

Detectives are collecting evidence and conducting interviews to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting death.  Authorities have not released the victim's name.