Update, 5:00 p.m.
The Wichita Police Department has arrested 25-year-old Markeithen McClaine on charges of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery. The preliminary investigation reveals a party was being held in an apartment. There was a disturbance in the parking lot and police say McClaine fired multiple shots into a crowd.
The airman was who killed is identified as 20-year-old Chancelor Williams, from Spartanburg, South Carolina.
WPD is still asking for the public’s help in this case and encourage you to call homicide detectives at 268-4407. You can also talk to Crime Stoppers anonymously at 267-2111.
Original Story:
Police are investigating an early morning shooting at an east Wichita apartment complex. A 20-year-old man was killed and three other people were injured, and McConnell Air Force Base reports the victims are all Airmen stationed at the base.
Officers were called to the apartment complex at Central and Rock Road around 2 a.m. Saturday. They found a man dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. A 19-year-old woman was in serious condition after going to a hospital. Two men, ages 21 and 22, were treated and released for minor injuries.
Police said there was a party going on at one of the apartments when a disturbance broke out in the parking lot, then someone got out of a vehicle and fired shots into a group of people. No arrests have been made and police are still talking to witnesses. Anyone with information is urged to call the police homicide section at 316-268-4407 or Crime Stoppers at 267-2111.
(photo courtesy KWCH)
