May 03, 2021

Police: 3 Kan. women injured in shooting at birthday party

Posted May 03, 2021 9:00 AM

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Three people were injured in a shooting in connection with a birthday party.

Just after 2 a.m. Sunday morning, police were dispatched to a report of a shooting at a hotel in the 7300 block of East Kellogg, according to officer Trevor Macey.

911 callers reported that multiple individuals had possibly been shot. After arriving on scene, Officers located evidence of a shooting, but the victims had already left the area in private vehicles.

Shortly after, an area hospital received a walk-in shooting victim – a 21-year-old woman – with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Another hospital received two additional patients from the shooting – a 22-year-old woman and a 23-year-old woman  – both with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation revealed that these individuals were attending a birthday party when a disturbance broke out, and a suspect fired multiple rounds before leaving the area.  Police have not reported an arrest.