Body found in park, others shot at and robbed, dog shot; suspect shot by Wichita police

Two Wichita officers shot a 33-year-old man multiple times Friday night at a gas station on Broadway after he pointed a gun at them, according to the Wichita Police Department.

The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition, ending a crime spree where he reportedly stole a bicycle from two people at gunpoint, shot at a house and hit a dog, shot at someone after a failed carjacking and then shot at two more people in separate incidents, police said.

“During this investigation, a man with apparent gunshot wounds was located dead at a park near 13th and Main,” police said. “Currently, we are unable to say if this homicide is related to the other random shootings.”

Prospect Park, which is at 13th and Main, is right next to where police were first called about a drive-by shooting at 8:52 p.m. Friday in the 1400 block of North Otis, which is near Broadway.

More details will be released, possibly Monday, by the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the incident as a third party as two Wichita police officers were involved in the shooting.

In the 1400 block of North Otis, the suspect “reportedly had robbed the two (people) at gunpoint and stole one of the victim’s bicycles,” police said. “The suspect then shot multiple rounds into a home in the 1400 block of Otis, striking a dog, which was transported to a local veterinary hospital.”

Police were then called to an attempted carjacking in the 1600 block of North Broadway, a little less than a half-mile from the call on Otis, where the suspect “shot multiple rounds striking the car and the headrest” but not the driver, police said.

The suspect then got into a fight with a man at 12th and Broadway and shot multiple rounds at the man, police said.

“This victim ran from the area, and it is unknown if he was injured,” police said.

The suspect then went to a nearby gas station where he had an “altercation with a woman in the parking lot” and fired multiple rounds at her, but she was able to flee without being harmed, police said.

“Two officers arrived at the gas station and saw the male suspect shooting,” police said. “The officers engaged the suspect, and the suspect pointed a handgun at the officers. The officers shot at the suspect striking him multiple times.”