SEDGWICK COUNTY— A man accused in the fatal shooting of a convenience store security guard in May of 2021 has been convicted of murder.
On Friday a jury found 44-year-old Laroy West guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated assault and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s office.
Just after 10p.m. May 5, 2021 police responded to report of a shooting near the QuikTrip convience store at Broadway and Murdoch in Wichita, according to Police Captain Jason Stephens.
At the scene, officers located 39-year-old Will Robinson, the Quick Trip security guard, in the alley across from the business with a gunshot wound to his upper body.
EMS transported him to a local hospital where he died two days later, according to Officer Charley Davidson.
Investigators learned Robinson encountered West who was causing a disruption inside the store. He escorted the man from the store and ultimately to the edge of the property where the disturbance continued and West shot him.
Robinson had worked as a security guard at QuikTrip for about a year. Before that he was a Wichita police officer. He was a married father of two children. QuikTrip, in a statement, said it is “absolutely devastated and heartbroken by the tragic loss of Will.”
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