SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting and stabbing that injured two people.
Just before 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, police responded to a shooting call in the 3100 block of S. Rutan in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.
While en route to the call, officers located a 22-year-old man at East Ross Parkway and South Rutan who reported that he had been shot in the leg at a residence in the 3100 block of S. Rutan. He said that he was shot by an unknown man who fled the scene.
EMS transported the man to an area hospital where he was treated and later released.
Officers responded to the home on Rutan and located a 30-year-old woman with a stab wound to her abdomen. She was transported to an area hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
Investigators learned that the 22-year-old shooting victim was involved in a dispute over property with another man at the home when the 30-year-old woman attempted to intervene and was stabbed. She then retreated into the house, at which point shots were fired outside.
Police released no additional details including names of the victims or the suspect.