WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – A Wichita teenager has pleaded guilty to the shooting death of a 24-year-old man last year.
Jaden Watts, 19, was originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of Dermarc Burgess. Under the plea deal, that charge was amended to one amended count voluntary manslaughter.
On March 22, 2025, officers responded to a medical emergency at a home near Kellogg and S. 143rd Street E. However, they arrived on the scene and learned that a fight between Watts and Burgess had escalated into a shooting…