Fireworks Dispute Led To Weekend Shooting
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Updated: 1:23 PM Jul 6, 2009
Fireworks Dispute Led To Weekend Shooting
Police say two teens were shot in North Wichita during an argument over 4th of July fireworks.
Posted: 9:36 AM Jul 5, 2009
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July 6, 2009

Wichita Police said two groups shooting fireworks at each other led to a weekend shooting.

The argument happened just after 10:30 Saturday night in the 1900 block of North Piatt.

Police said a group of people on Piatt and a group of people on Shadybrook were shooting fireworks at each other. The group on Shadybrook said the fireworks were hitting too close to a group of small children, and walked to Piatt street to ask them to stop. A 19-year-old pulled a gun and started shooting, hitting two people.

A 19 year-old man was shot in the stomach. An ambulance transported him to a nearby hospital. An 18 year-old man was also shot in the leg. Witnesses drove him to the hospital in their own vehicle.
Their injuries are not considered life-threatening.

No one has been arrested.

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