Updated Wednesday evening:
A Manhattan man who is a K-State student now faces a murder charge in connection with a Wichita shooting reported Monday. Dane Thomas Owens, 27, was originally charged with attempted murder in the shooting which left a 22-year-old woman in critical condition. She has since died.
Booking reports indicate on Wednesday, that charge has been upgraded to intentional first-degree murder.
Earlier reports were that the unidentified victim and Owens were in a relationship but had broken up a few weeks ago. The victim’s mother found her at her home in northeast Wichita.
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Earlier report:
(much of this report comes from KSNW News in Wichita)
A Manhattan man is being charged in connection with an attempted murder case in Wichita reported Monday. Dane Thomas Owens, 27, was taken into custody after the Monday shooting which left a 22-year-old woman in critical condition.
Steve Logback, Associate Vice President in Communications and Marketing at K-State, indicates Owens is a sophomore in social work.
KSNW reports the woman was found in northeast Wichita around 4 p.m. Monday and was transported to the hospital in critical condition. She reportedly had broken up with her boyfriend identified as Owens a few weeks ago.
Owens was found at a home in Andover and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail for one count of attempted first degree murder and aggravated burglary.
