Woman arrested in fatal June killing near 13th and Edgemoor, records show

Update July 8:

Amber Kay Ahrens, 41, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon in connection to the June 17 killing of David Leddy, records shows.

She was also arrested on an unrelated drug charge.

Original June 17:

A 53-year-old Wichita man was killed in a shooting Wednesday morning, police said.

David Leddy was found in the front of a home in the 1200 block of North Pinecrest, near 13th and Edgemoor, with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene, officer Charley Davidson said in a news release. Police were called at 3:31 a.m. about a shooting and the caller said “his friend got shot in the head” in an argument outside, according to scanner traffic.

Leddy and a 19-year-old man had gotten into a fight at the home earlier in the day, Davidson said, adding that Leddy’s vehicle was damaged and the 19-year-old was battered.

The 19-year-old didn’t live at the home, Davidson said.

Later on, the 19-year-old went back to the home with his 41-year-old mother and “three friends”: two women, ages 31 and 44, and a 54-year-old man.

“A disturbance then ensued in front of the house, and shots were fired that struck Leddy,” Davidson said.

Police are looking for additional people involved in the case.

Anyone with information about the shooting can call Wichita police detectives at 316-268-4407, Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111 or the See Something, Say Something hotline at 316-519-2282.

This story was originally published June 17, 2020 at 10:09 AM.