Wichita man arrested in California, extradited to KS on murder charge, officials say

A 21-year-old Wichita man was arrested in San Francisco last month and sent back to Kansas this week in connection to a December 2019 killing at Southwestern College, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Deuntae M. Markham was booked into Cowley County Jail and has been charged with second-degree murder in the unintentional but reckless killing of Gabriel Luna, 32. Luna was shot in his campus apartment in Winfield on Dec. 18, 2019, according to a KBI news release. Luna died from his injuries two days later at a Wichita hospital, the release says.

The Winfield Police Department asked the KBI to assist in the investigation on Dec. 31, 2019.

This story was originally published September 1, 2020 at 11:26 AM.