SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a connection between a fatal traffic crash and domestic incident in Wichita.
At 6:39 p.m. Monday, police responded to a domestic disturbance involving gunshots at 6200 E. Harry in Wichita, according to Wichita Police Department spokesman Andrew Ford. One minute later, at 6:40 p.m., officers were also dispatched to a traffic crash in the 700 block of S. Woodland, where vehicle driven by 36-year-old Joshua Books of Wichita was northbound on Woodlawn and struck a tree.
An off-duty firefighter who witnessed the accident immediately provided life-saving measures until police and EMS arrived. Sedgwick EMS continued the life-saving efforts; however, Brooks was pronounced deceased at the scene at 7:27 p.m., according to Ford.
Preliminary information from witnesses suggests that Brooks was the individual who fled the scene of the disturbance on E. Harry involving gunshots, according to Ford.
A firearm was recovered from the vehicle involved in the crash. The investigation is ongoing, and an official cause of death will be determined pending the autopsy from the Medical Examiner's Office.