The five people shot and killed in the south part of Wichita on Sunday were all men, ranging in age from 39 to 68. The Wichita Police Department believes one of those men shot the other four, and then shot himself.
Late Sunday afternoon, 911 dispatchers got a call about a death in the 1700 block of S. Santa Fe. When officers got inside the home, they found a man dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
Shortly after, police did a follow-up on another home in the 1900 block of S. Laura, not far from Mt. Vernon & Washington. There, they found three more men dead of apparent gunshot wounds.
While police canvassed the neighborhood, an officer checked another residence on S. Laura by looking through a window, discovering what appeared to be a victim in the living room. Officers forced their way in and found a man dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
The victims are ages 39, 42, 55, 67, and 68; police say they are all from Wichita. During the early stages of the investigation, police also said the five were known to each other, possibly as family or friends.
It was a family-member who originally called 911 about the shooting on Santa Fe, leading to the discovery of the bodies on S. Laura.
If anyone has any information, they are asked to call 911 or contact Crime Stoppers by calling 316-267-2111, submitting a tip online, or submitting a tip through its mobile app, available through Google Play and Apple’s App Store.