One hurt when two groups exchange gunfire near Wichita State and city park, police say

One person was hurt and taken to a hospital after two groups exchanged gunfire near Fairmount Park and the Wichita State University campus, police said.

Wichita police went to the area around 3:30 p.m. Thursday for a shots fired call, Officer Charley Davidson said. The shooting was reported to be in the area of the 4200 block of East Regents.

Officers responding saw a man and woman who matched descriptions that a caller had given police.

A short foot pursuit started in the area of 16th and Fairmount and ended about a block away, in the area of 17th and Holyoke, Davidson said. Police recovered a handgun and both people were arrested.

Investigators have determined the shooting happened in the area of Shocker and Vesta, where a street crosses the Redbud Trail and about two blocks south of the Experiential Engineering Building on WSU’s campus, police said. They determined that two groups of people exchanged gunfire: a man and woman on foot and a man and woman in a vehicle.

A 19-year-old man in the vehicle was shot in the leg, then taken to a home about a block away, in the 1500 block of North Broadview. Family members then took him to a hospital, where he remained Friday.

Officer Kevin Wheeler said on Friday that a 20-month-old baby girl and a woman in the vehicle were not injured.

Otis Horner, 18, of Wichita, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, criminal discharge of a firearm, fleeing and eluding and drug possession in connection to the shooting, Wheeler said. Two women, ages 18 and 19, were arrested on outstanding warrants.

The shooting occurred after an argument between the two men, Wheeler said.

This story was originally published March 28, 2019 at 8:43 PM.