Man charged with gunning down 28-year-old on Wichita street in 2019 pleads guilty
A 38-year-old man accused of gunning down another man on a Wichita street during a fight in 2019 pleaded guilty last week to second-degree intentional murder and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, court records show.
Isaac D. Phillips of Wichita is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 1 by Sedgwick County District Judge Tyler Roush. He faces 12 1/4 to more than 54 years in prison on the murder charge and 7 to 23 months for the gun crime, according to his plea agreement.
Wichita police have said Phillips fatally shot 28-year-old Ivell Ray multiple times in the face and neck around midnight on June 1, 2019, in the 400 block of North New York, near Third and Hydraulic.
Witnesses told authorities Ray had ridden a bicycle around the area and joked about shooting up apartments before the slaying, according to an affidavit released by the court. A family member who lived there reportedly complained to Phillips, who showed up and killed Ray before fleeing, the affidavit says witnesses told police.
Phillips in a police interview initially denied involvement in the shooting. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 13.
