Oct 03, 2023

Suspect arrested for deadly shooting of Kan. 16-year-old

Posted Oct 03, 2023 9:00 PM
Police on the scene of the shooting investigation-photo courtesy KWCH
Police on the scene of the shooting investigation-photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a deadly shooting and have made an arrest.

Just before 3:30 p.m. Monday, police were dispatched to a shooting call at the intersection of Broadway Avenue and 3rd Street in Wichita, according to Officer Juan Rebilledo.

The calling party reported seeing a slow-moving vehicle hit a pole and several people exiting the vehicle and running in different directions.

First responders located  18-year-old Jaqualen Dupree of Wichita.    inside the vehicle he was driving unconscious and with an apparent gunshot wound to his upper body. Officers and EMS personnel began providing life-saving efforts. Dupree was transported to a local hospital in critical condition where he was later pronounced deceased by medical staff.

On Tuesday, police reported the arrest of an 18-year-old man on requested charges of second-degree murder, according to Rebolledo. The investigators are still working to fully determine what led up to the fatal shoot