May 06, 2024

Kansas violent offender charged in robbery, killing

Posted May 06, 2024 10:30 PM
Wedge -KBI offender registry
Wedge -KBI offender registry

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man accused in a murder in 2023 made a court appearance last week.

Julian Wedge, 24 of Wichita, is charged with 1st degree murder, robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, and interference with law enforcement, according to the Sedgwick County District attorney's office. 

On March 4, 2023, sheriff's deputies made a welfare check of a man lying in the street at 4200 S. Clifton in Wichita, according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's office.

 Deputies found individuals attempting to help 24-year-old Evan Harrison who had been shot. EMS transported Harrison to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

Wedge is being held in the Sedgwick County Jail on a $1 million bond.

He has been registered as a violent offender since March of 2019 for convictions that include criminal discharge of firearm into an unoccupied dwelling, according to the Kansas offender registry.

He is due back in court May 16, according to the district attorney's office.