A birthday party at a duplex on the 1600 block of South Emporia in Wichita ended in fatal gunfire in the early hours of June 2, 2017. Joseph Walter Seabolt, 20, was shot in the lower abdomen during confrontations that night and was taken by private vehicle to Wesley Hospital, where he died of his injuries.

The investigation centered on Seabolt’s roommate, 21-year-old Manuel Trotter. Witness accounts describe an altercation between the two men and a separate dispute involving Seabolt’s brother. During the disturbance, Trotter reportedly produced a rifle and shot Seabolt once. Trotter was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, and discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling; he asserted he acted in self-defense.

A jury later convicted Trotter of involuntary manslaughter, but an appellate court reversed that conviction and ordered a new trial because it found cumulative trial errors had deprived him of a fair trial. Does anyone have additional details about the scene that night or about Seabolt’s life and connections in Wichita?