Police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection to a shooting in a Wichita grocery store parking lot earlier this week.

Sedgwick County jail records show Raymond Alvarez Jr was booked Tuesday evening for attempted first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, criminal possession of a firearm and a parole violation. He was held without bond.

The shooting happened early Monday in the parking lot of the Dillons at 135th Street West and Maple. Officer Charley Davidson said a 19-year-old man was shot in the head during a possible drug deal. 

The victim was hospitalized in critical condition. 

Kansas Department of Corrections records show Alvarez has spent time in prison for aggravated battery. He was paroled in September. 

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Police say a 19-year-old man was shot in the head during a possible drug deal in a Dillons parking lot in west Wichita.

Officers were called at around 2:45 a.m. Monday to a shooting in the parking lot of the Dillons at 135th Street West and Maple. They arrived to find the victim with a gunshot wound to the head. 

The victim was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition. 

Officer Charley Davidson said the victim and a 19-year-old woman met the suspect at the Dillons for a possible drug transaction. The woman was not hurt.

Anyone with information is asked to call WPD detectives or Crime Stoppers at (316) 267-2111.