SEDGWICK COUNTY – Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy and continue to search for a second suspect after a 20-year-old man was killed and another was injured in a shooting on North Arkansas in Wichita.
Just after 4:30 p.m. Monday, police were dispatched to the 2100 block of North Arkansas for a reported shooting, according to a media release.
When officers arrived, they found two men inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds in the 600 block of W. 20th Street. Officers, Wichita Fire Department, and EMS personnel provided life-saving measures at the scene.
Both victims were transported to a local hospital in critical condition. At 4:58 p.m., 20-year-old Sebastian Williams was pronounced deceased. The second victim, a 20-year-old man remains hospitalized.
Detectives are working to determine what led to the shooting. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and booked into the Juvenile Intake Assessment Center (JIAC) on a requested charge of felony murder.
Police continue looking for a second suspect in this case.