13-year-old killed, 15-year-old shot during ‘disturbance/fight’ at Wichita QT, police say

Police are looking for the suspect who fired at a crowd of people, killing a 13-year-old and injuring a 15-year-old, Thursday night at a QuikTrip parking lot in Wichita.

The Wichita boys were taken to a hospital by a private vehicle around the same time police were called about the shooting at 10:36 p.m. to the QuikTrip at Central and Oliver.

The shooting happened during what police in an email called a “disturbance/fight.”

The boy who died was unresponsive when he arrived. He was shot in the upper body. He was pronounced dead at 10:48 p.m., according to Sedgwick County Emergency Communications scanner traffic. The other boy was shot in the leg.

Police are asking anyone with photos or videos of the shooting to submit them to police at shorturl.at/hg0lT.

Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call detectives at 316-268-4407, the See Something Say Something hotline at 316-519-2282 or Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111. Callers can remain anonymous with Crime Stoppers.

This is at least the city’s 34th homicide so far this year, according to police reports and records kept by The Eagle. There were 41 at this time last year.

This story was originally published November 1, 2024 at 2:07 PM.