Authorities arrest suspect in southwest Kansas killing

LIBERAL – Authorities have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting one person and wounding another in southwest Kansas.

Liberal police said the man was arrested Friday at a Wichita residence on a warrant for first-degree murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a firearm. The Hutchinson News reports that he is jailed in Sedgwick County on a $500,000 bond.

The arrest came after officers responded to a shooting on June 6. Two victims were flown to a Wichita hospital in serious condition, and 40-year-old Josephine Vasquez, of Liberal, later died.

This story was originally published June 14, 2016 at 11:44 AM with the headline "Authorities arrest suspect in southwest Kansas killing."