SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a homicide and asking the public for help with information.
Just before 4:30a.m. January 1, police responded to an Assist Fire Department call in the 5200 block of W. 8th Street North in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.
Fire crews has responded to the scene after a man called 911 to report that he believed his friend was dead inside a residence at that location.
Fire crews located the body of 44-year-old Ricky Beans inside the home and pronounced him deceased.
Investigators responded and observed Beans with gunshot wounds. They also learned that Beans was at the location with several others attending a gathering at the home when an altercation occurred inside the residence which led to Beans being shot.
This is believed to have occurred in the early morning hours of January 1.