Crime & Courts

Guilty plea entered in April homicide case

By Hurst Laviana
Wichita police Friday investigate the scene of a shooting that happened about 9:30 Thursday night in the 400 block of North Emporia. A 33-year-old man sustained multiple gunshots wounds, was taken to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, where he was pronounced dead at around 10 p.m. (April 19, 2013)
Wichita police Friday investigate the scene of a shooting that happened about 9:30 Thursday night in the 400 block of North Emporia. A 33-year-old man sustained multiple gunshots wounds, was taken to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, where he was pronounced dead at around 10 p.m. (April 19, 2013) The Wichita Eagle

A Wichita man pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder for his role in the April 18 shooting death that occurred during a drug robbery. John E. Carter, 18, will be sentenced Feb 21.

Carter was one of six people charged in the death of Ronald Betts, 33, who was hit several times by gunfire during a robbery at 446 N. Emporia. Wichita police said Carter and two other men tried to rob Betts after arranging to buy a quarter-pound of marijuana from him for $1,100.

This story was originally published January 9, 2014 at 11:05 AM with the headline "Guilty plea entered in April homicide case."

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