The suspect in a south Wichita shooting is dead and the victim remains in serious condition at a local hospital.
Wichita Police responded around 7:20 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 1700 block of S. Market.
Sgt. Justin McCluskey spoke to our partners at 12 News and said officers found a 51-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his leg.
Officers identified a suspect in the shooting, a 44-year-old man. He was found nearly 40 minutes later in a nearby motel and when Police attempted to contact him, he shot himself. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Police say the suspect and the victim knew each other and that there is no threat to the public. Those individuals have not yet been identified.
