WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas man arrested April 30 in connection with a fatal April 23 shooting death in Wichita remains jailed on a $250,000 bond, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney.
Jesse Sweeney, 28, made his first appearance in District Court May 1 and is charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault.
Two other suspects in the deadly shooting of Blake Mayes including his 36-year-old girlfriend Bobbie Williams and 51-year-old William Moore have been charged with second-degree murder.
Williams and Moore also are charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault. Both made first appearances April 28. Police investigators say the shooting happened after a disturbance occurred between Mayes, Williams and Sweeney. Police arrested Moore in Wichita and Williams in the Topeka area.
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SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating the April 23 shooting death of a 37-year-old Kansas man have arrested a third suspect.
On April 24, police released information to the community to help locate 28-year-old Jesse Sweeney, Bobbie Williams-Cox, and William Moore regarding the investigation.
Just after 4 p.m. on Thursday, an alert citizen called 911 reporting seeing Sweeney at an apartment complex in the 200 block of North Topeka in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson. Upon arrival, officers attempted to contact Sweeney at an apartment, and he fled out a window onto the fire escape and onto a separate floor of the apartments.
Police covered off the area, located Sweeney, and arrested him without further incident.
He is being held on requested charges that include aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, use of a deadly weapon, contempt of court and failure to appear. He is being held on bonds totaling $258,500, according to online jail records.
Williams remains jailed on a $150,ooo bond- photo Sedgwick County
On Tuesday, Bobbie Williams, 36, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of her boyfriend Blake Mayes, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorey.
Moore photo Sedgwick Co.
She and William Moore, 51, were also charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault when they made first appearances in court.
Police investigators say the shooting happened after a disturbance occurred between Mayes, Williams and Sweeney.
Police arrested Moore in Wichita and Williams in the Topeka area last weekend.
Sweeney has previously been arrested and convicted of charges of possession of narcotic drugs, according to Davidson.