Second man arrested in fatal shooting at Wichita Kwik Shop, records show

A second Wichita man has been arrested in connection to the May 6 killing in a Kwik Shop parking lot, according to arrest records released Tuesday morning.

The 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of intentional and premeditated first-degree murder in connection to the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Isaiah Gails. The man was booked into Sedgwick County Jail at 6:52 p.m. Monday after being arrested in the 2500 block of North Chautauqua, near 24th and Hillside.

On Friday, a 32-year-old Wichita man was arrested at Towne East Square on suspicion of intentional and premeditated first-degree murder, aggravated assault, criminal possession of a weapon by a felon and criminal discharge of a firearm in connection to Gails’ death.

Neither has yet been charged and both remained jailed as of Tuesday morning, records show.

Gails died after being shot in a car he was driving in the parking lot of a Kwik Shop convenience store in the 2800 block of East Douglas. The car then rolled across the street and crashed into a building.

The shooting was reported at around 2 a.m.

So far this year, the city has at least 19 homicides, according to reports released by police. There were 11 at this time last year.

This story was originally published May 14, 2024 at 9:18 AM.