Apr 08, 2025

Sentencing day: For Kansas killer caught on security camera

Posted Apr 08, 2025 5:30 PM
Austin photo Sedgwick County
Austin photo Sedgwick County

SEDGWICK COUNTY—A Kansas man involved in a fatal 2022 shooting captured on a security camera is scheduled to learn his fate Tuesday.

Image from the security camera video released by police
Image from the security camera video released by police

Michael Austin, Jr., 40, Wichita, is scheduled to appear in Judge Eric Williams' courtroom Tuesday afternoon for sentencing, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

In the March 2022 shooting, Amyion Mcdowell-Mitchell, 18, died following an argument during a party at a home in the 5000 block of Osie in Wichita, according to Wichita Police.  Security camera images showed a suspect, later identified as Austin, running from the scene of the crime. Police arrested Austin in March of 2023