GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) – The shooting death of a star high
school athlete in southwest Kansas is being investigated as a
homicide.
Finney County authorities tell The Garden City Telegram that
18-year-old Braxston Medina was shot about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at a
home in a rural subdivision east of the city. He was pronounced
dead at a hospital a short time later.
Medina was a Garden City resident and standout wrestler at
Garden City High School, where he recently began his senior year.
The newspaper reports he finished fourth last year at the Class 61
state tournament at 135 pounds.
Sheriff’s investigators were at the scene of the shooting
Tuesday afternoon. No arrests had been made.
