SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement investigating the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old girl in Wichita have arrested her father.
Just after 8:30p.m. Friday, police responded to a shooting inside a home in the 2200 block of S Santa Fe in Wichita, according to Wichita Police spokesman Andrew Ford. First responders discovered a 1-year-old girl who had sustained a gunshot wound to the upper body.
EMS transported the child to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 9:27p.m. Police released no additional details.
Following an investigation, police arrested 25-year-old Michael Tejeda, as identified from sheriff's arrest records. He is being held on requested charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon by a felon.
Another child in the home at the time of the incident was placed in police protective custody, according to Ford. Police interviewed the mother of the children and she was released.