WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Following a recent stretch of gun violence in Wichita that included four shooting calls over the weekend, Wichita Police Chief Joe Sullivan addressed what his department is dealing with and how the community can help to curb violent crimes.
Over the course of about 24 hours, Wichita police responded to four shootings on Saturday and Sunday. The violence carried into this week, including a shooting on Friday morning in which a woman was said to be in “extremely critical condition” following a shooting at a northeast Wichita apartment complex.
While police have made a handful of arrests in connection with the recent shootings, Chief Sullivan described the recent spike in gun violence as “disturbing.” To this point, Wichita was seeing an overall improvement from last year when comparing the number of gun-crime victims, Sullivan said…