Man, one of two, sentenced in 2022 south Wichita double homicide
A 23-year-old Wichita man was sentenced to over 20 years in prison for his involvement in the murders of two people in February 2022 in south Wichita.
Brandon Prouse Jr., of Wichita, was sentenced Thursday to 290 months in prison. Prouse Jr. pleaded guilty on Nov. 1 to aggravated battery. His sentence was split between 216 months for the robbery count and an additional 74 months for violating probation on two earlier crimes, a news release from the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office said.
Another man, 28-year-old Justin Macormac of Wichita, was sentenced in September in the killing Bonnie Galloway, 38 and Connor O’ Callaghan, 30, the Eagle reported.
Both of the victims had been living in the shed behind a home with permission from the owner.
Macormac was sentenced to 853 months in prison, roughly 71 years, before he is eligible for parole.
The shooting
Police were called at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 to the 2100 block of S. Erie Avenue after receiving a report of two people found dead inside a shed. The homeowner had called 911 to report the shooting.
Prouse and Macormac were later arrested and charged. An affidavit said Prouse, Galloway and O’ Callaghan all knew each other.
Court records say witnesses found the friends dead from gunshot wounds to the head after Macormac and another man who knew Galloway went to 2141 S. Erie, near Pawnee and Hillside, looking for fake Percocet laced with fentanyl, known on the streets as “blues.”
The men planned to rob them and Macormac shot them while they were sitting on a couch in the shed, where Galloway had been living, a probable cause affidavits say. He took guns and cellphones before walking out.
Describing O’Callaghan as special, incredibly resilient and compassionate in comments to the court, O’Callaghan’s younger sister called her brother’s shooting an execution that caused “unspeakable loss” to her family.
In an interview with The Eagle, Galloway’s sister described her as an outgoing mother of three boys who had an infectious smile and a knack for making friends.
Contributing: Amy Renee Leiker of The Wichita Eagle
This story was originally published December 19, 2024 at 6:41 PM.