SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating two shootings and have a suspect in custody.
The first shooting occurred in the early hours of June 23 at the Afton Motel in the 800 Block of South Broadway in Wichita, according to Police Captain Jason Stephens.
At the scene, officers located three victims including a 26-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man who sustained non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, according to Stephens. They were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Each reported to police they heard gunshots and when they came out of their motel rooms they were shot by an unknown suspect.
At 2:30a.m. on June 27, police responded to a report of a shooting at Lincoln and Broadway in Wichita. At the scene, officers learned that a 32-year-old man was wounded by gunfire while he and a woman were in the parking lot at the El Farol Rojo Club, 1030 South Broad in Wichita, according to Stephens.
Through the investigation, police were able to develop 31-year-old Isaac Pile as a suspect. Officers presented their case to the District Attorney's office, obtained a warrant and arrested him on Monday afternoon at a business at Kellogg and Greenwich.
Pile is being held on four counts of aggravated battery, according to online jail records. Police also want to talk to a man who was riding a bicycle near the shooting who is a possible witness in the case. Investigators have not learned of any previous connection between the suspect and Pile.