SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas felon in connection with a robbery and gun fight that critically injured an 18-year-old man from Wichita.
Just after 11:30p.m. July 3, police were dispatched to a shooting in the 3900 block of South Meridian in Wichita, according to Officer Juan Rebolled. Upon arrival, officers located an 18-year-old victim with a gunshot wound to his right upper back.
The victim was transported to an area hospital with critical but non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation revealed that the victim was struck by gunfire after a 20-year-old victim of a robbery at the same location exchanged gunfire with a 19-year-old suspect after the suspect started shooting at him.
Police believe 20-year-old Douglas Willis participated in the robbery with the 19-year-old suspect.
They arrested Willis on requested charges of aggravated assault, criminal possession of a firearm by a felon and felony theft. He bonded out of jail Sunday and is no longer in custody, according to online jail records.