Dec 20, 2023

15-year-old Kansas boy dies five days after shooting

Posted Dec 20, 2023 12:00 PM
Police on the scene of the investigation Dec. 13 -photo courtesy KWCH
Police on the scene of the investigation Dec. 13 -photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities  investigating a shooting that seriously injured two Wichita teens reported that 15-year-old Gabriel Jimenez died from his injuries on Monday, according to Officer Juan Rebolledo.

just before 12:30 a.m. Dec. 13, police were dispatched to a shooting call at the intersection of 15th Street North and Polar Avenue in Wichita, according to Rebolledo. 

First responders located Jimenez with a gunshot wound to his abdomen and a 14-year-old victim with a gunshot wound to his right upper leg. EMS transported both victims to a local hospital.

Detectives are still working to fully determine the circumstances leading up to the shooting and searching for a suspect.