Police investigate drive-by shooting that injured man in southeast Wichita
Wichita police are investigating after a drive-by shooting that hospitalized a man early Tuesday morning in southeast Wichita.
The shooting was reported around 3:50 a.m. in the 3900 block of E. Roseberry near the intersection of Pawnee and George Washington Boulevard, police spokesperson Juan Rebolledo said in a news release.
Officers responded to a shots fired call and and found a 19-year-old Wichita man who had suffered a gunshot wound to his leg. He was taken to a hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, the release said.
The man had surgery and is in stable condition, Rebolledo said.
Detectives learned the man was walking in the neighborhood of Roseberry when a vehicle drove by and shot at him, Rebolledo added.
Anyone with information about the shooting is encouraged to call WPD detectives at 316-519-2282 or Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111.