Wichita police have arrested 22-year-old Kianna Nweji and 25-year-old Marlon Jones on the charges of Aggravated Endangering of a Child stemming from a shooting.
Late Thursday morning, officers were called to a shooting in the 1200 block of N. Lorraine (south of 13th & Hillside). While police were en route, investigators say Jones ran away to a residence nearby at 11th & Chautauqua.
Arriving officers saw Jones walking back from the area of that residence, then located Nweji inside her residence on N. Lorraine with a gunshot wound to the foot; she was hospitalized.
The investigation revealed Nweji and Jones were both lying in bed when their two-year-old child got access to a gun and accidentally shot Nweji. Jones took the gun to the address on 11th Street where an acquaintance lives. Investigators located the gun, and found an AR-15-style rifle that belonged to nobody in the residence, and the people in the house say they did not know how it got there.
This case will be presented to the District Attorney’s office in the coming weeks.