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Man shot dead in Wichita Friday night

Police are investigating the apparent homicide of a man shot to death late Friday outside a Wichita business, police said.

Dispatchers sent police at 11 p.m. Friday to a business in the 100 block of South Rock Road, police said Saturday in a prepared statement.

They found a man, 23, with a gunshot wound to his upper body.

He was still alive; an ambulance took him to a hospital in critical condition. He died there.

Police are asking that anyone with information about the shooting call Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111.

“It appears this is not a random incident,” the police statement said.

Investigators are still developing leads.

We’ll post more on this story as information develops.

Roy Wenzl: 316-268-6219, @roywenzl

This story was originally published December 24, 2016 at 8:32 AM with the headline "Man shot dead in Wichita Friday night."

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