Vehicle kills two at Wichita youth soccer game

A vehicle drove through a youth soccer game at Wichita’s Stryker Sports Complex on Saturday, October 17, killing a child and an adult and sending multiple people to hospitals, Wichita police said. The driver was taken into custody, and two juveniles were in the vehicle, police said. Police said they received multiple 911 calls about 3:25 p.m. Capt. Aaron Moses said first responders found the two victims dead at the scene. The victims were identified in some local reporting as a 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man; police had not publicly released their names. A local report said 11 people were hospitalized. Police described multiple other casualties but had not announced a final injury count or detailed the severity of injuries. The vehicle remained at the scene, according to police. Bethany Pope, who was watching the game from her car, told local reporting that she saw a black truck cross the field and strike people without slowing down. Her account describes what she witnessed; police had not said whether they believed the collision was intentional or explained how the vehicle reached the field. Authorities said there was no further threat to the public from the driver in...