Man critically injured in Great Bend shooting; police looking for two people

The Great Bend Police Department is looking for two men in connection to a Tuesday night shooting.

Ismael Montelongo, 20, and Noah Holden, 19, are wanted in connection to a shooting that happened at around 10:40 p.m. in the 5600 block of 10th Street, police said. Richard Fletcher Jr., 23, was found with a gunshot wound to his stomach. He was taken to the University of Kansas Health Systems Great Bend Campus and then flown to a Wichita hospital with critical injuries, police said in a news release Wednesday.

“Montelongo and Holden were last seen driving westbound from 10th & Patton in a tan 2003 GMC Yukon bearing KS handicapped tag 72583,” the news release says. “Montelongo and Holden are considered to be armed and dangerous, so please contact local law enforcement if you have any information about their locations.”

Anyone with information about the shooting can call Great bend police at 620-793-4120 or Crime Stoppers at 620-792-1300.