
SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have identified the victim as 33-year-old Joe Wheeler III of Wichita.
Just after 9p.m. Monday police responded to a shooting at Baby Dolls in the 4900 Block of North Arkansas in Wichita, according to Wichita Police Captain Jason Stephens.
As the scene, police found Wheeler dead of a gunshot wound in a vehicle.
Investigators have learned there was a disturbance in the club that spilled out into the parking lot. Wheeler was shot while inside his car which was parked in the back business parking area, according to Stephens.
Police are interviewing witnesses and have identified a person of interest in the case, according to Stephens. He did not release additional details due to the ongoing investigation.
The death is 39th homicide of the year in Wichita and the 35th criminal homicide, according to officer Charley Davidson.