Two killed in north Wichita shooting early Saturday morning

11:30 a.m. update:

Wichita police are investigating a shooting that killed two people in north Wichita early Saturday morning.

A parking lot north of 21st between Market and Park Place was closed with crime scene tape for several hours Saturday morning as police scoured the scene for evidence.

At about 11:30 a.m., the crime scene tape was moved to open the lot. Officers on the scene said police are still searching for suspects in the shooting.

Original story:

Two people died after a shooting early Saturday morning in north Wichita.

Wichita police were called to 21st and Market, where a shooting had been reported, at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Two people were shot. Police said the two were outside when the shooting happened.

They were taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead, police said.

Sgt. Paul Kimble told KAKE News that one of the people who was shot lives in the area and that police are still looking into what led to the shooting.

Police have said Wichita has had 33 homicides so far this year. These would be the 34th and 35th. At the end of August last year, Wichita had 23 homicides. Wichita had 38 homicides in 2017, according to police records, and 35 of those were reported as murders. Last year, Kansas had the most murders since it began keeping track.

No further information has been provided by police at this time.

This story will be updated with the latest information as it becomes available.

This story was originally published August 18, 2018 at 10:49 AM.