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1 man arrested, 1 sought in connection with Kansas nightclub shooting

A shooting early Sunday morning, July 2, 2023, at City Nightz nightclub in Wichita, Kans., left multiple people with gunshot wounds and a few more people hospitalized after being trampled in a rush for the exits, police said. Shoes, sandals, cups and overthrown chairs dotted the patio of City Nightz as crime scene investigators worked the area. (Eduardo Castillo/The Wichita Eagle via AP) A shooting early Sunday morning, July 2, 2023, at City Nightz nightclub in Wichita, Kans., left multiple people with gunshot wounds and a few more people hospitalized after being trampled in a rush for the exits, police said. Shoes, sandals, cups and overthrown chairs dotted the patio of City Nightz as crime scene investigators worked the area. (Eduardo Castillo/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
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WICHITA, Kan. -

A 19-year-old man is in custody in connection with a mass shooting a week ago inside a Kansas nightclub, and police have identified a second man being sought.

Wichita police arrested the man Friday as a suspect in the shooting on July 2 at City Nightz in downtown Wichita. Nine people suffered gunshot wounds and two others were trampled in the chaos that followed the 1 a.m. shooting. No one died.

It wasn't immediately clear if the man has been charged. Police on Saturday also asked for the public's assistance in finding a 23-year-old man they believe is connected to the shooting.

A St. Louis-area man was arrested July 3, but prosecutors later determined he fired his gun acting in self-defense after shots were fired by two other men at the club.

The gunshot victims -- seven men and two women -- ranged in age from 22 to 34, police said. The two people trampled were a 30-year-old woman and a 31-year-old male.

Wichita is a city of nearly 400,000 people, located about 200 miles (320 kilometres) southwest of Kansas City, Missouri.

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