WPD identifies man fatally shot at Wichita club
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - (Update: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.) Wichita police have identified the victim in the city's latest homicide as 33-year-old Joe Wheeler III of Wichita.
Officers were called to Baby Dolls Club in the 4900 block of N. Arkansas at around 9:00 p.m. Monday. When they got there, they found Wheeler with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators spent the night interviewing eyewitnesses and investigating what happened, but say this was not a random incident.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact WPD at (316) 268-4407 or Crime Stoppers at (316) 267-2111. You can also call the WPD’s See Something Say Something hotline at (316) 519-2282.
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A man died from his injuries in a Monday-night shooting reported at a north Wichita club near 49th Street North and Arkansas.
The shooting happened at about 9 p.m. at Baby Dolls. Police said a man in his 30s, found wounded inside of his car, died at the scene.
Monday night, they said the shooting wasn’t random and there is no threat to the public.
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