SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting over an online dispute that sent a girl to the hospital.
Just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a drive-by shooting in the 2500 block of East 18th Street in Wichita, according to Officer Kevin Wheeler.
Upon arrival, officers located shell casings and heard a disturbance nearby in the 1800 block of North Green. Officers responded there and contacted multiple individuals.
The investigation revealed a physical disturbance occurred between the multiple individuals on 18th street. During the disturbance, a suspect fired a shot into the air. Another suspect identified as 26-year-old Charles Henderson II of Wichita fired shots into a white Pontiac G6, striking and injuring a 15-year-old girl in the car, according to Wheeler.
EMS transported the girl to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
After individuals fled the scene on 18th street, they began to gather again on Green, where another disturbance began before police arrived. Police contacted Henderson there and arrested him without further incident.
He is being held on requested charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault, criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied vehicle, and an outstanding warrant, according to Wheeler.
The shooting was not a random incident and involved an online dispute between individuals known to each other.
The case will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office