SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a man's shooting death have a suspect in custody.
Just before 11:30 pm, Monday, police were dispatched to the 1300 block of South Edwards in Wichita. They arrived on the scene and located 44-year-old Sean Lahman in the front seat of a passenger van with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, according to Officer Juan Rebolledo.
Lahman was deceased on the scene.
The investigation revealed that a suspect identified 34-year-old Mickey Owens of Johnson City, Kansas, drove to Wichita on Monday, saw Lahman on South Edwards, and shot him.
Investigators quickly learned that Owen’s fled to Stanton County Kansas and coordinated with Stanton County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Highway Patrol to be on the lookout for him.
Owens was taken into custody on Thursday by Stanton County Sheriff’s Office in Johnson City for an unrelated warrant in Sedgwick County. On Friday, he was booked into the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility on requested charges of 1st-degree murder.
Owens and Lahman knew each other and had an ongoing dispute, according to Rebolledo.