Three 18-year-olds arrested days after two people were shot in Old Town parking garage

The Wichita Eagle

Three 18-year-olds have been arrested in a shooting that wounded two young men in the Old Town parking garage late Sunday.

At least 20 rounds were fired during the shooting, according to a police report.

All three suspects remained in jail Friday morning.

One was arrested Thursday at an apartment near Central and Nims on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery and criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling.

The other two were arrested Wednesday in separate, almost simultaneous traffic stops, police said.

One was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and obstruction. He was also arrested in what appears to be an unrelated case of criminal carrying of a weapon.

He was arrested near Sims and Central, records show.

The other was arrested at Friends University, where he lives, records show. He was arrested on suspicion of criminal discharge of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of stolen property.

The two victims from Wellington were sitting in the parking garage in a 2007 red Ford pickup when the shooting happened around 11:55 p.m.

The 18-year-old driver and owner of the truck was grazed in the lower leg; the 20-year-old passenger was hit in the right hip, according to a police report.

At least one of the victims “reported that he was involved in an altercation earlier in the evening in Park City, that is believed to be related to the shooting,” police said previously.

A police report said 20 casings and 4 fragments were found at the scene. The truck was “struck 8 times and 4 fragments located.”

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