WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A jury has found a Wichita man guilty in connection with two separate shootings that injured three people in July 2023.
On Friday, a jury found Samuel Neal guilty of four counts related to two shootings that happened July 9 and 11, 2023 in Wichita:
- Criminal discharge of firearm; occupied dwelling with great bodily harm
- Criminal discharge of firearm; occupied vehicle with bodily harm
- Aggravated battery; knowingly cause great bodily harm or difigurement
- Aggravated assault; use of a deadly weapon
On July 9 Wichita police responded to a shooting call in the 1000 block of S. Emporia St. around 9:45 p.m. They found a 36-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman with gunshot wounds. Both went to the hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries.
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Two days later, on July 11, court records say Neal shot at a car injuring a person inside.
Court records show that shortly after Neal’s arrest, he filed a motion for a competency hearing. Neal argued that he had a traumatic brain injury from being previously assaulted by the people he was accused of shooting…