WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wichita Police Department is investigating two shootings that happened in north Wichita Tuesday afternoon.
One happened around 3 p.m. at 18th Street and Chautauqua Avenue, leaving a man in critical condition.
The second one was near 18th Street and Jackson Avenue around 3:45 p.m. It is about two and a half miles west of the other shooting.
According to the WPD, once they arrived at the scene of the second shooting, they found a 21-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was taken with serious but non-life-threatening injuries to a local hospital.
So far, there is no word from the WPD about whether the two shootings are connected.
An investigation is ongoing. The WPD asks if you have any information on this case to please contact investigators at 316-268-4407, Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111, or the See Something Say Something hotline at 316-519-2282.
