Dec 01, 2019

1 dead, 1 hurt in Kansas drug-related shooting

Posted Dec 01, 2019 5:00 PM

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — One man is dead and another hospitalized after a shooting in south Wichita.


The shooting happened around 5:45 a.m. Saturday at a home on South Main. A 24-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.


A 25-year-old man was shot once in the arm and drove himself to the hospital. Police say his injuries are not life-threatening.

Names of both men have not been released.


A 20-year-old man at the home was taken into custody. Officer Paul Cruz says the men knew each other.

Police believe the shooting was drug-related.