Arrest made in north Wichita shooting that left two people injured, police say

Update Wednesday:

Police have arrested a man in connection to the north Wichita shooting that injured two people, according to Wichita police spokesperson Paul Cruz.

Otis Byrd, 32, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery in connection with the case as well as criminal damage to property, domestic battery and intimidation of a witness or victim in another police case, records show.

Police had initially thought the shooting, which injured two people and led to the driver of one vehicle crashing into a residential fence, was sparked by road rage. Cruz said police have since learned the shooting was a dispute over property.

Byrd and at least one of the victims knew each other, he said.

Byrd has six convictions for robbery, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary, according to Kansas Department of Corrections records. All six convictions were in 2011 for cases that occurred in Sedgwick County.

Original Saturday:

Two people were shot in what police believe is a road-rage incident Saturday afternoon in north Wichita, according to Wichita police Lt. Roderick Miller.

Police are looking for the witness who called 911.

The shooting was reported at 4:34 p.m. near Woodlawn and Farmview. The victim and suspect vehicles were both headed south on Woodlawn when the shooting occurred, Miller said. A 24-year-old woman and an approximately 30-year-old man were both shot while traveling in a grey Ford Fusion, Miller said.

They were the only occupants in the vehicle, Miller said.

The woman was shot multiple times; the man once. EMS took the woman to the hospital in serious condition, Miller said, and the man refused to be transported.

The shooting caused the driver of the car to plow into a metal fence surrounding a residential home on the west side of Woodlawn. Police blocked off traffic along south Woodlawn while they investigated the incident. A police K-9 was brought out to sniff for ballistic casings.

This story was originally published November 20, 2021 at 5:03 PM.