Wichita man charged with 1st-degree murder in deadly double shooting

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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A man arrested in connection with the Feb. 13 shooting deaths of a man and a woman from Wichita made his first appearance Friday in Sedgwick County District Court where he heard the formal charges against him.

Twenty-year-old Brandon Prouse Jr., of Wichita, faces two counts of first-degree murder. With the two counts on the murder charge, a Sedgwick County District Court judge set Prouse’s bond at $1 million.

On the afternoon of Feb. 13 (Sunday), Wichita police responded to a shooting call in the 2100 block of South Erie. On that call, officers found 38-year-old Bonnie Galloway and 30-yaer-old Connor O’Callaghan wounded. Police said both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said a resident of the home where the shooting happened found 38-year-old Bonnie Galloway and O’Callaghan wounded and called police. Galloway and O’Callaghan died from their injuries.

“The investigation revealed Prouse and the victims are known to each other and were at the home when a disturbance ensued. During the disturbance, Prouse shot both victims and then fled from the scene,” the Wichita Police Department said in a Feb. 15 news release. “This was not a random incident and is believed to involve illegal and dangerous drugs.”