SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating the fatal shooting that left a 16-year-old girl dead have arrested two 17-year-old boys and a 16-year-old boy, according to Officer Charley Davidson.
The teens are being held on charges of 1st-degree murder and criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied vehicle.
One of the 17-year-olds was also arrested on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm.
Just before 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, officers responded to a disturbance with weapons shots fired at 15th and Kenmar near the Wichita State University State campus, according to Officer Charley Davidson. While officers were in route to the location, 16-year-old Azuri Jones who had been shot arrived at a local hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.
The investigation revealed the three boys were in a red Kia along with another 16-year-old girl. The girl got into a disturbance with a boy inside of the vehicle in a parking lot in the 1400 block of North Terrace. During the disturbance, four of her girl friends pulled up in a white Honda. Azuri Jones was in the Honda. The 16-year-old got out of the Kia and got into the Honda.
The disturbance continued so the driver of the Honda left with Jones and three other girls in the car.
The three boys got back into the red Kia and began chasing the girls in the Honda. In the area of 15th and Kenmar, one of the boys fired multiple shots at the Honda striking Jones who was sitting in the back seat. The driver of the Honda drove directly to the hospital.
The red Kia was located unoccupied in the area of Vesta and Fountain and was later found to have been reported stolen on Wednesday.
Shortly later, WPD officers observed the three suspects in the area of 17th and Harvard. They were all arrested after a short foot pursuit. Investigators have also recovered a handgun during the investigation.
All three teens are being held on charges of 1st-degree murder and criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied vehicle.
One of the 17-year-olds was also arrested on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm.
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SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have three suspects in custody.
Just before 1:30p.m. Thursday, police responded to a report of a disturbance with weapons and shots fired near 15th Street North and Belmont adjacent to the Wichita State University State campus, according to Police Captain Jeff Weible. Two vehicles were reported chasing each other.
As officers arrived in the area, a vehicle arrived at Wesley Hospital with one victim identified as a 16-year-old girl. She was pronounced dead.
Police were able to locate the suspect vehicle, a red Kia that was reported stolen, according to Weible. The suspects had fled on foot. Police released a description of the suspects to other officers and just before 4p.m. took three individuals into custody near 17th and Hillside.
Investigators learned the individuals, all teenagers, in the two vehicles know each other. They had met behind a shopping center near 13th and Oliver and then started chasing each other, according to Weible.
Police have also recovered a handgun. Weible said it was not located in a vehicle.