SEDGWICK COUNTY— A man convicted of killing two people in a parking garage in Old Town in Wichita was scheduled to learn his fate Wednesday.
A sentencing hearing for 21-year-old Zachary Ramirez in the deaths of 20-year-old Josephina Lerma-Dominguez and 21-year-old Bryan Lara-Hernandez both of Wichita was continued, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office. Ramirez is due back in court January 15.
In April of 2024, a jury found him guilty on two counts of first-degree murder, two alternative counts of second-degree murder, criminal discharge of a weapon, aggravated battery and two counts of battery, according to the district attorney's office.
Just before 4a.m. July 27, 2023, police responded to the 300 block of North Moore after a a street sweeper operator saw two gunshot victims in a vehicle in a parking garage in Wichita's Old Town and called 911, according to Officer Kris Gupilan.
EMS arrived on the scene and attempted life-saving measures Lerma-Dominguez and Lara-Hernandez died at the scene.