Apr 15, 2026

Police ID two Kansas men involved in fatal gun fight

Posted Apr 15, 2026 4:55 PM
Bowen photo Sedgwick County
Bowen photo Sedgwick County

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Police continuing to investigate a fatal shooting near Kellogg and Dugan in Wichita that left one man dead and another injured.

On April 11, officers were dispatched to a disturbance with reports of gunfire. When officers arrived, they found evidence of a disturbance in a parking lot in the 6300 block of West Kellogg and began investigating the scene.

While officers were on scene, a separate call came in about a walk-in shooting victim at a local hospital, according to a media release from police.

Two adult men had arrived with gunshot wounds.

A 54-year-old man, identified in county booking records as Willie J. Bowen, suffered serious injuries. He was treated and released from the hospital and was later arrested on a requested charge of battery of a law enforcement officer.

A 37-year-old man, identified as William Johnson of Wichita, suffered critical injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The preliminary investigation indicates the shooting stemmed from a disturbance that happened before the gunfire. The exact circumstances leading up to the shooting remain under investigation. Bowen remains jailed on a $2,500 bond, according to online jail records.