Three men arrested in connection with fatal shooting of 1-year-old boy in south Wichita
Three men have been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed 1-year-old Taidyn Anderson in south Wichita on Sunday.
Wichita police arrested Wichita men ages 17, 21 and 25 on suspicion of felony murder, WPD spokesperson Lt. Aaron Moses said in a news release Thursday.
The 25-year-old is on parole for criminal discharge of a firearm, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and criminal possession of a weapon. The 21-year-old man is on pretrial supervision for a charge of criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied vehicle, the news release said.
Police have not yet named the suspects. But jail records show that 21-year-old Jonathan Tillery-Matthias of Wichita, had been arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on Tuesday on suspicion of contempt of court and interference with a law enforcement officer. The case number is connected to Sunday’s shooting.
In response to a reporter’s question, Moses said in an email that police added the felony murder charge to Tillery-Matthias on Thursday.
Police previously called the shooting a “targeted incident.”
Officers responded Sunday night to a shooting call at the Sugar Creek Apartments, 2550 S. Oliver. They arrived and found Anderson unresponsive after being struck by gunfire along with two 24-year-old women.
All three were taken to a hospital where Anderson died from his injuries; the women’s injuries were critical but non-life threatening, police said.
A 24-year-old man, a 5-year-old girl and 10-month-old girl were inside the apartment when the shooting occurred but were not hit.
This story was originally published February 22, 2024 at 5:54 PM.