SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man accused for his role in an April 2020 shooting death has entered a guilty plea in the case.
This week, 32-year-old Jesse Sweeney pleaded guilty to kidnapping and aggravated assault, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
On April 23, of 2020, police responded to a shooting call at a home in the 200 block of North Charles in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.
Upon arrival, police found 30-year-old Blake Mayes on the front porch of the home with a gunshot wound to his body. EMS transported him to an area hospital where he died.
The investigation revealed a disturbance occurred at the home between Mayes and three other individuals including Sweeney, 51-year-old William Moore of Wichita and Mayes' girlfriend 36-year-old Bobbie Williams of Topeka. During the disturbance, Mayes was shot one time, causing his fatal injuries.
Police arrested Moore in Wichita and Williams in the Topeka.
Two weeks after the shooting, an alert citizen called 911 reporting seeing Sweeney at an apartment complex in the 200 block of North Topeka in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson. Upon arrival, officers attempted to contact Sweeney at an apartment, and he fled out a window onto the fire escape and onto a separate floor of the apartments.
Police closed off the area, located Sweeney, and arrested him without further incident. Sweeney had previously been arrested and convicted of charges of possession of narcotic drugs, according to Davidson.
William Moore, faces charges of aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon.
In February, 38-year-old Bobbie Williams was sentenced to 27-years in prison, according to the district attorney's office. Sweeney is scheduled for sentencing in September.