Two teens arrested after ‘ongoing disagreements’ turns to shooting on Pawnee: police

Two people have been arrested in connection to a Tuesday morning shooting in south Wichita that left a teenager seriously injured with three gunshot wounds and another person with minor injuries, Wichita police said.

Shaniah Brown and Trelon Woods, both 19 and from Wichita, were both arrested on “two counts of aggravated battery and shooting into an occupied vehicle,” Wichita police spokesperson Charley Davidson said in a news release.

The news release came several hours after the shooting, which was around 9:15 a.m. in the 1600 block of East Pawnee.

From the scene, Lt. Drew Seiler said the victims and suspects knew each other and that officers had a “good, solid lead” on a suspect vehicle and location based on shared footage from Ring cameras.

Brown and Woods were arrested in the 6100 block of East Lincoln without incident, Davidson said.

The shooting started after Brown and the 20-year-old victim saw each other in the area of Pawnee and Hillside, Davidson said.

Brown was driving a Dodge Avenger with Woods as a passenger and the 20-year-old woman was driving a Ford Focus and had a 17-year-old girl as a passenger, he said.

“Brown and the 20-year-old are known to each other and have had ongoing disagreements,” Davidson said. “A disturbance ensued between individuals in both vehicles, with objects being thrown at the vehicles. In the 1600 block of East Pawnee, Woods pulled out a handgun and fired multiple shots at the Ford Focus, striking the 17-year-old.”

The two vehicles were traveling west on Pawnee near Hydraulic and the victim’s vehicle was in the inside lane when the shooting happened, Seiler said.

Police found the two victims after the 20-year-old crashed into the shuttered Twilight Liquor at 1609 E. Pawnee during the shooting, police said. The driver had minor injuries from broken glass and the wreck. The teenage victim was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Seven shots were fired during the incident, Seiler said. Police put out cones, numbered one through seven, on Pawnee just across the street from the shuttered business. Shattered glass was also in the road.

This story was originally published May 18, 2021 at 9:44 AM.