May 15, 2022

Police search for suspect who killed 16-year-old Kansas boy

Posted May 15, 2022 11:05 PM

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a weekend shooting in Wichita. 

Just after 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police responded to a shooting call in the 500 block of South Lulu in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.

At the scene, police located a 16-year-old boy with a gunshot wound. EMS transported him to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.

Officers learned that an unknown suspect shot the boy after the teen had approached the suspect's vehicle in front of the apartments on Lulu. The suspect vehicle then fled the scene southbound.