SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement investigating a shooting that sent a Kansas man to the hospital in critical condition have tracked down a suspect.
At about 12:15 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a reported shooting in the 400 block of N. Clara Street in Wichita, according to a media release. Officers arrived and found a 38-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the upper body. Officers provided medical aid until EMS arrived.
EMS transported the victim to a local hospital in critical condition. He is expected to survive his injuries.
The incident started as an argument between the 38-year-old victim and a 21-year-old suspect identified in county booking records as Damien Michael Farias, while they sat in their vehicles outside the home of a 25-year-old Wichita woman.
The argument continued after both men got out of their vehicles. Farias pulled a handgun and fired multiple shots, striking the victim and a nearby residence, then left the scene before officers arrived.
Farias, the victim, and the woman knew each other.
Wichita Police Community Response Teams, the K-9 Unit and patrol officers began working to locate Farias.
At 7a.m. Sunday officers located Farias at a residence in north Wichita. He was taken into custody without incident. Officers also located the suspect’s vehicle in the 100 block of S. Sheridan. With assistance from a K-9, officers found a firearm in the area.