Jan 18, 2024

Police search for suspect who shot woman at Kan. hotel

Posted Jan 18, 2024 3:00 PM
Police on the scene of the investigation -photo courtesy KWCH
Police on the scene of the investigation -photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating gunfire and sent a woman to the hospital.

Just before 1p.m. Wednesday, police and fire department officers were following up on inspections at a motel in the 5800 Block of West Kellogg in Wichita, according to police department spokesman Andrew Ford.

While at the motel, a 911 call of a shooting at the business.  Officers located the room, went inside and found a woman, in her late 20s to early 30s, with a gunshot wound to her leg. Others who had been in the room when the woman was injured fled, according to Ford. 

The woman was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Police continue to search for suspects.