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The last time they were all together, a life hung in the balance. Unless everything unfolded just right, a police officer was about to die in the line of duty -- gunned down on a tree-lined street in west Wichita.
Two young girls who suffered serious injuries when they were run over by a Bobcat utility vehicle this weekend are recovering, officials said Monday.
A weekend shooting that killed one man and wounded another outside a house on North Madison was gang-related, police said Monday. Tyron Squires, 21, died in the middle of the street shortly after midnight Sunday, minutes after being shot as he walked away from a large house party in the 1300 block of North Madison, Capt. Brent Allred said Monday. A second person, a 20-year-old Wichita man, was hit in the foot by a bullet and drove himself to a hospital for treatment.
Alferez, Castaneda J., and Andrews, Devon N., both of Wichita. Allilasisi, Tolulope, and Campbell, Summer R., both of Wichita. Area, Cory A., and Hughes, Chelsea N., both of Wichita.
Criminal complaints from police beats in Wichita. Missing dates indicate days where no reports were filed. 3500 block of W. Ponderosa, Oct. 21.
Wichita police are investigating the weekend shooting death of a 21-year-old man. Police said they were called to the 1300 block of North Madison at about midnight Sunday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The first trial in Kansas charging alleged gang members with federal racketeering crimes went to the jury Friday with attorneys acknowledging the case's high profile in closing arguments.
Jurors couldn't agree on death sentence Family members' tearful appeals for mercy on the final day of testimony in Elgin Ray Robinson Jr.' s trial may have saved his life. The eight women and four men who convicted him of capital murder last week could not reach a unanimous decision on the death penalty Tuesday, as required by state law.
A street gang researcher testified in federal court Tuesday that gangs such as the Crips are loosely organized and typically do not engage in organized criminal activity.
Wichita police are employing computer-generated maps to track crime and catch criminals. Using a wide range of databases, officers can watch for spikes in burglaries or sexual assaults, or for trends that signal criminal activity is about to surge.
A 35-year-old man has been charged with animal cruelty over the killing of a dog last week in south Wichita. Christopher Coultas was charged with a felony count of animal cruelty -- a charge dubbed Magnum's Law -- Monday in Sedgwick County District Court. His bond was set at $25,000 and his preliminary hearing scheduled for Nov. 10.
Police said Monday that they expect to meet with prosecutors on Wednesday to see what charges might be filed in a fatal stabbing over the weekend.
The prosecution's case against three men accused of being Crips gang members is expected to rest today, 11 days after a federal racketeering trial began.
Criminal complaints from police beats in Wichita. Missing dates indicate days where no reports were filed. 3900 block of W. 11th, Oct. 16.
Davidson, Orval L. and Glenn, April M. Lupien, Nicholas A. and Kirk, Carey. Moore, Julie and Timothy. Alba, Viola and Venancio. Avery, Donna S. and Koehler, Daniel L.
Students at a Goddard elementary school were evacuated this afternoon after a fire started in the kitchen. The fire at Amelia Earhart Elementary School was reported about 2:45 p.m.
A 27-year-old man was critically injured in a shooting Saturday, and three men were being sought in the connection with the crime, police said.
Nearly one month after the death of his wife and 4-year-old daughter by an accused drunken driver, Alejandro Mijares has those days, those hours, those moments of grief when thinking about his loved ones.
About 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Karol Baldwin and his girlfriend, Tammy Anderson, heard someone bang hard on their front door in the 1600 block of North Hydraulic.
A 49-year-old man died after being stabbed multiple times in his home in the 1600 block of North Hydraulic early Saturday, police said.
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