SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a criminal homicide that fatally injured a woman.
Just after 5 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a call at a home in the 5800 block of East Skinner in Wichita, after a family member received a call from 44-year-old Robbie Urbano asking her to pick up children due to an emergency, according to officer Charley Davidson. The family member then called the police.
Upon arrival, officers contacted the family member who had small children that were outside when she arrived. Officers saw signs of a disturbance at the home, forced entry to do a welfare check, and located 33-year-old Cherie Short of Wichita with a gunshot wound and her boyfriend Urbano with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Both Short and Urbano were pronounced deceased on the scene. No children were injured, and investigators have accounted for all children who reside at the home.
The investigation revealed a disturbance ensued in the home between Urbano and Short, and he obtained a handgun and fired a shot, killing Short and then fired a shot killing himself, according to Davidson. Additionally, it was learned Urbano was also facing alleged federal charges.