Man shot in chest at homeless encampment in Wichita, Wichita KS


A man was shot in the chest at the Tent City homeless encampment near the McDonald's side of the bridge in Wichita. The victim is a 48-year-old male. EMS and police responded to the scene. No suspect is currently in custody.
Audio|Source: Sedgwick County Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
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116 and 16 to be 104 for a shooting.
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3552 South Hydraulic converting south.
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16 for both.
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Mays 31, I'll be out with 22.
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27, I get a vote.
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23, we're 10-8[2] en route.
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20, I'm 10-4[1] on.
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One, you can add me to do that suspicious character.
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I'm just down the road.
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It's going to be a tent city.
00:45
The thing looks like it's a little northeast from the entranceway and just a little ways off the river.
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Officers, do we have available?
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28 every start that way.
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8.
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8.
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148, we ever signed at 2210.
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Forty-five dispatch.
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45, go ahead.
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Would you start EMS, 37, please, code green.
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He is screaming at the top of his lungs that he can't breathe.
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You can bring mine back here,
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not, uh, he's not done in here.
01:41
Compton you guys, someone got shot in the chest, injuries to chest, no other weapons.
01:45
I know who shot them, they don't get a description.
01:47
They're going to be at the very back of Tent City, McDonnell's side of the bridge.
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247.
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1040, you said 4.
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Okay.
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You get 104 out there?
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109. Just checking out of your 104?
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104. Applying for a warrant.
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We have QR.
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Got all the side of the bridge.
02:28
So the patient's laying on the ground with the Jesse Garza, 48-year-old Hispanic male, 5-9, thin-billed, black shirt, black pants, black shoes.
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That is the patient.
02:38
No suspect yet.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment of message received and understood; affirmative response.
[2]
10-8: In service and available for assignment or calls.
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Wichita, KS
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