Terry Wayne McNett was 36 when he was killed serving with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office narcotics unit. On February 2, 1988, shortly before midnight, McNett and fellow detectives went to a North Piatt Street residence in Wichita to execute a search warrant tied to a DEA task force. McNett entered the kitchen to secure the room and was struck by a single shot from a .357 Magnum; the wound was instantly fatal.

After the shooting the suspect left the kitchen and fired at other deputies. Officers returned fire, wounding the man in both legs, and took him into custody after a brief standoff. A second person found in the kitchen was also arrested. The shooter later said he believed the officers were robbers. He was convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and received a lengthy prison sentence in 1989, with reported terms ranging from 103 to 330 years; he also faced separate drug charges in Colorado. The other person’s initial murder charge was dismissed in exchange for guilty pleas to conspiracy and possession.

Did anyone in Wichita have information about the people at that North Piatt Street residence that night?