Shortly before dawn on October 12, 2024, a 911 call reporting a shooting at the Emery Gardens Apartments on South Hydraulic in south Wichita brought officers to an apartment where children were reported to be present. Officers arrived around 12:03 a.m. and found 30-year-old Hispanic man Marco Antonio Gonzales-Arias with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died there at 3:07 a.m.

Police described a chaotic, violent altercation and said a white Chevrolet Silverado was seen leaving the scene with four masked occupants. Investigators also located 22-year-old Armando Martinez-Rodriguez, who had fled the complex and was found with non-life-threatening stab wounds. After treatment he was arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail the same day, charged with second-degree murder, unintentional but reckless; bond was set at $500,000 and an initial court date given.

Key details about how the confrontation began and what role each person played have not been released. If anyone witnessed the shooting or the Silverado leaving the scene, please come forward with information.