Security guard shot near work at downtown Wichita QuikTrip has died, police say

The 39-year-old QuikTrip security guard who was shot Wednesday night died Friday afternoon, according to Wichita police spokesperson Charley Davidson.

Davidson also identified the victim as Will Robinson.

A GoFundMe says Robinson was the “husband to a loving wife and father to two beautiful children.”

The shooting was reported at around 10:10 p.m. Wednesday. Robinson was found in the alleyway across the street from the QuikTrip at Murdock and Broadway.

Police said Robinson was working when he “encountered a male who was causing a disruption inside the store.”

“He escorted this individual from the store and ultimately to the edge of the property where the disturbance continued,” Wichita police Capt. Jason Stephens said. “He ended up across the street and after a short, physical disturbance was shot by the suspect.”

Stephens said “there is no indication that (the guard) brandished any of his weapons on his belt.”

A Wichita police lieutenant “doing follow-up on the investigation” saw the suspect in the case, 41-year-old Laroy Monzell West, near 19th and Broadway on Thursday evening and arrested him without any trouble, police said in a Friday morning email. Online jail records show West was booked just after midnight Thursday.

He has several prior felony convictions including for theft, attempted aggravated battery, drug sales and burglary out of Wyandotte County, stretching back into the 1990s, according to police and records from the Kansas Department of Corrections.

Contributing: Amy Renee Leiker with The Eagle

This story was originally published May 7, 2021 at 3:37 PM.