SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man convicted of a 2023 murder and robbery faces sentencing Tuesday. Judge Jeffrey Goering will sentence 24-year-old Julian Wedge for the death of Evan Harrison, according to the Sedgwick County District attorney's office.
Earlier this year, Wedge was found guilty of 1st degree murder, robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and interference with law enforcement.
On March 4, 2023, sheriff's deputies made a welfare check of a man lying in the street at 4200 S. Clifton in Wichita, according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's office.
Deputies found individuals attempting to help Harrison who had been shot. EMS transported Harrison to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Days later police arrested Wedge who has been registered as a violent offender since March of 2019 for convictions that include criminal discharge of firearm into an unoccupied dwelling, according to the Kansas offender registry.