Fatal shooting may have been self-defense during robbery after road rage, police say

Police think a man who was fatally shot in northwest Wichita on Wednesday night was trying to rob the person who shot him.

Officers were called to a reported shooting at around 9 p.m. in the 2700 block of North Amidon and found a man in his 20s lying in the street who was pronounced dead at the scene, Sgt. John Bogle said.

The shooting took place at the same time as a robbery attempt in the street, which may have stemmed from a road rage incident, Bogle said. Police think the man who fired the shots was the victim in the robbery attempt, and the man who was killed was the suspect in the robbery.

There doesn’t appear to be any other connection among the people involved, police said.

Police think two gunshots were fired in the incident. The person who fired the shots was not injured. Investigators are talking with the person who fired the shots and with someone who was with the man who was killed.

Bogle said this may be a self-defense shooting. The case will be presented to the district attorney’s office, which will make the final decision on whether the case was self-defense or if the shooter will be charged criminally.

This story was originally published September 26, 2018 at 9:14 PM.