WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man has been acquitted in a deadly shooting at a Wichita apartment.

The Sedgwick County district attorney’s office says in a statement that Kirby Lewis was found not guilty last week in the Dec. 29 death of 28-year-old Robert Young.

Officers found Young in a hallway at Woodgate Apartments. He’d been shot multiple times.

Wichita police say a fight started while Young was drinking with Lewis and his roommate at their apartment. Young and Lewis’ roommate left the apartment. They returned a short time later and hit the door of the apartment. Police says that is when Lewis grabbed his firearm, opened the front door and fired several shots at Young.

Lewis initially told officers that Young tried to rob him.

MEADE COUNTY—  Law enforcement authorities continue to investigate a fatal car crash that took the life of a toddler in Meade County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported just after 1a.m. Sunday, a 2001 Chevy Suburban was westbound on Meade county road V one mile west of Kansas 23.

The driver lost control around a curve. The vehicle traveled into the south ditch and rolled.

Two-year-old Felipe James Tomas of Friona, TX., was transported to the Meade District Hospital where he died. The toddler was in a car seat and not buckled up, according to the KHP.

Authorities have not identified who was driving and on Monday are still interviewing those involved, according to Trooper Michael Racy.

Two others in the SUV Isabel Solis-Gomex, 23 and Vicente Tomas-Tino, 34, both of Friona, TX, were also transported to the hospital in Meade. They also were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.

SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for burglary.

Just after 10a.m. Sunday, deputies were dispatched to Smoky Valley Concrete, Inc., 1700 West State Street in Salina after a passerby reported seeing a shirtless man with a crowbar attempting to break into the building, according to Saline County Sheriff’s Capt. Jim Hughes/

Upon arrival, deputies located a suspect identified as 27-year-old Zachariah Behling, inside the business.

Behling allegedly used the crowbar to break a window to gain access to the building. Once inside, he used a hammer to damage a fishing boat and a company vehicle. Deputies say he also stole a pair of gloves and a key.

He was booked into the Saline County Jail for burglary, criminal damage to property and theft. Behling has previous convictions on drug charges in Riley County, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an aggravated stabbing.

Just after 2a.m. Monday, police were dispatched to report of a stabbing at a home in the 2700 Block of South Hillside in Wichita, according to officer Paul Cruz.  A 24-year-old victim told police a 25-year-old suspect, the man’s brother, stabbed him in the chest.

The victim was transported to an area hospital and is listed in critical condition, according to Cruz.

Police did not make an arrest or release the name of the victim as the investigation continues.

JACKSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for theft and drug charges following a high-speed chase.

Just after 9:30a.m. Saturday, a Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a 2002 Honda Civic with Missouri plates near 150th and Q. Road in Jackson County, according to a media release.

The vehicle’s tag was reported to have been stolen from Blue Springs, Missouri and the vehicle was reported stolen out of Lee Summit, Missouri.

The deputy ordered the driver to shut off the vehicle, the driver failed to follow the order and left the scene prompting a pursuit.

Local agencies assisted with the pursuit that led across parts of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and Jackson County and into the City of Holton.

While near the south side of Holton the suspect vehicle entered the parking entrance of the Banner Creek Animal Clinic and then drove through a yard of a residence.

The vehicle then again attempted to elude law enforcement by driving through a KDOT fence gaining access once again to US Highway 75 and northbound through the City of Holton.

The vehicle then went north of Holton and east and ended up driving into the Prairie Lake city park. The vehicle went to the southeast side of the dam leaving the roadway and crashed into a small creek where the vehicle came to a stop. Law enforcement officers took the driver identified as Robert Joseph Calisti, 28, Olathe, into custody at that location at approximately 10:13a.m., according to the sheriff’s department.

Calisti is being held in the Jackson County Jail on felony possession of stolen property, felony flee and eluding and a number of traffic crimes and drug charges. Further charges on Calisti may occur including Stolen property (car & tag), Felony flee and elude, criminal damage to property, Possession of methamphetamine, Possession of Drug paraphernalia, Possession of marijuana, Reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.  Two others in the vehicle have not been charged.

ALLEN COUNTY— Three people died in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Sunday in Allen County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Toyota Corolla driven by Ashley Nicole Walters, 20, Warrensburg, MO., was northbound on U.S. 169 four miles south of Iola. A deer came out of the east ditch, striking the Toyota.

A southbound 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by Sherry Laraine Bingham, 33, Chanute, then struck the deer and traveled into the southbound ditch. Vehicle one came to a stop on the northbound shoulder.

Bingham and passengers Ciara Joan Edwards, 32, Chanute, and Samantha Rnee McMillan, 37, Walnut, were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics. Walters was not injured.   All four were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

MITCHELL COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspicious death in north-central Kansas.

Just after 1a.m. Saturday, officers and deputies responded to the 400 Block of East Court Street in Beloit for a report of an unresponsive person with a head injury, according to a media release.

Offices found a man dead from his injuries. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office and Beloit Police Department are investigating the circumstances and awaiting autopsy results. Authorities did not release the victim’s name or additional details.

At this time, there is no reason to believe there is a public safety concern.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas legislative task force on child welfare is meeting this week after several legislators raised concerns about how state policies are affecting families.

The Child Welfare Task Force is scheduled to meet Tuesday at the Statehouse. Its agenda includes a look at the court system’s role in protecting abused and neglected children.

The task force’s meeting comes after a joint legislative budget committee reviewed data from showing that 44,000 people have become ineligible for cash assistance under policies that include work requirements for able-bodied adults.

Meanwhile, the number of children in foster care has grown in recent years, and critics of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback are linking the two trends. The Department for Children and Families contends the social services policies help make welfare recipients self-sufficient.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri jury’s inability to decide whether a man should be put to death for kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old girl sets up a rare situation where a judge will make that decision.

Circuit Judge Thomas Mountjoy is scheduled to announce Jan. 11 whether Craig Wood will get the death penalty or life in prison. Wood was convicted of killing Hailey Owen in Springfield in February 2014 but the Greene County jury couldn’t reach a unanimous decision on his sentence.

The Springfield News-Leader reports Missouri and Indiana are the only states where a judge can impose a death sentence. But in 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that only a jury, not a judge, can make that decision.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an armed robbery and searching for the suspect.

Just before 2p.m. Saturday officers responded to an armed robbery call at Payless Shoe Source in the 2100 block of north Amidon in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson in a media release.

A 19year-old employee told officers an unknown suspect entered the store, and indicated he had a gun.  Money was given to the suspect who fled the store in a dark green 1990’s model 4-door car.

There were no injuries reported.  The suspect is described as a 40-year-old black male, 6-foot-3, 250lbs, muscular build, wearing a brown coat, blue jeans, black stocking cap, brown shoes, sunglasses, and purple ear buds in his ears.

If anyone has any information on this case please call Wichita Police.