Man, 23, fatally shot while driving in east Wichita; police say killing wasn’t random
A man was killed early Wednesday evening when he was shot while driving on Harry Street in east Wichita, authorities say.
The man who died is 23-year-old Jacquez Carter of Wichita, police spokesman Officer Trevor Macy said in a news release Thursday.
Macy told The Eagle on Wednesday night that the incident was initially reported around 5:30 p.m. as a traffic accident with a vehicle hitting a utility pole.
But when Wichita police officers arrived at the scene, on Harry near Washington, they found Carter in the wrecked Chevy Monte Carlo with several gunshot wounds. Authorities tried to save his life, but he was pronounced dead on site.
Police learned through interviews that Carter was driving eastbound on Harry when a white SUV pulled up next to him as he was stopped in the inside lane at a red light at Topeka, Macy said.
The SUV “pulled into the oncoming lanes beside Carter and a passenger fired multiple times,” striking him and the car, police said in the news release.
Macy said Wednesday that there “was some sort of altercation” that led the passenger in the SUV to pull the gun and fire. He didn’t know what exactly the argument involved, but police said Thursday that the shooting isn’t thought to be random.
Police didn’t say how Carter and the shooter know one another, though.
After being shot, Carter continued driving his car eastbound on Harry but lost control at Meade. He crashed into a light pole and a utility pole, police said in the release. Macy also said Wednesday that Carter rear-ended another vehicle near the intersection of Harry and Washington.
The vehicle carrying the shooter took off after the gunfire, Macy said. Police are looking for the SUV in connection with Wednesday’s homicide.
So far, no one has been arrested.
Anyone with information about the crime or the shooter is asking to call Wichita police detectives at 316-268-4407 or leave an anonymous tip with Wichita-Sedgwick County Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111.
Tips can also be left with the See Something, Say Something hotline at 316-519-2282.
This story was originally published September 8, 2021 at 7:54 PM.
