Jan 19, 2022

Police: Kan. teens died after drug deal set up on social media

Posted Jan 19, 2022 1:00 AM
Police on the scene of the Monday night investigation -photo courtesy KWCH
Police on the scene of the Monday night investigation -photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have identified the teens who died as 17-year-old Alexis Cervantes Martinez and 16-year-old Mariah Zamora both of Wichita.

Just before 9:30 p.m. Monday, police were dispatched to a shooting call at an apartment complex in the 2700 block of S. Emporia in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.

Callers to 911 reported hearing multiple gunshots and a loud crash. Officers arrived and located a vehicle that crashed into a storage unit.

A male driver later identified as Cervantes-Martinez, and a passenger identified as Zamora, were unresponsive in the vehicle. Officers removed them from the vehicle and saw that they both had suffered gunshot wounds. Cervantes-Martinez was pronounced deceased on scene.

EMS transported Zamora to an area hospital, where she later died.

Investigators learned that the two had come to the location to take part in a drug transaction that had been set up on social media, according to Macy. During the meeting, multiple shots were fired by a suspect, striking and fatally injuring both victims.