On the afternoon of June 29, 2025, 26-year-old Nicholas T. Aldridge was shot in the back during a confrontation with a group of men in the 2700 block of West 2nd Street North in west Wichita. The shooting occurred about 2:30 p.m. Aldridge was taken to a local hospital but died of his injuries. The other individuals involved fled before police arrived.

Authorities arrested 27-year-old Elijah Fanning the next day and booked him into the Sedgwick County Jail on multiple charges including second-degree murder, criminal discharge of a firearm, and criminal possession of a weapon by a felon. Investigators said they were still seeking at least one other person believed to have been involved. Fanning has prior convictions listed for kidnapping, burglary, and theft.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the confrontation or the people who left the scene around 2:30 p.m. on June 29?