SEDGWICK COUNTY—A man accused in the fatal shooting of a man on a bicycle in Wichita made his first court appearance last week.
Daniel Scott Carpenter, 33, was charged with 1st degree murder and attempted aggravated robbery, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
Just after 2 a.m. Sept. 1, officers responded to a welfare check in the 800 block of West Murdock in Wichita, according to Officer Charley Davidson. Upon arrival, officers located 32-year-old Jason Huber of Wichita who had been shot. He was taken to an area hospital for medical treatment where he died.
A suspect later seen on security cameras and identified as Carpenter was at the same nearby business as Huber before the shooting, according to Davidson. Carpenter left the business driving a white Buick La Sabre and Huber left on a bicycle both going west on Mudock.
At Murdock and Stackman Drive, Huber was shot and his bicycle was taken. Following an investigation, police arrested Carpenter on Friday, according to online jail records.
Carpenter has previous felony convictions for criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 16 in 2008, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.
He is scheduled back in court date on Sept. 23 and remains in the Sedgwick County Jail on a bond of $500,000, according to the district attorney.