6 July 2023
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Authorities have charged a Wellington man with murder in connection to a fatal shooting that claimed the life of 25-year-old Sydney Lea Ann Palmer.
Michael Eugene Edgington, 24, was charged with second-degree murder on Thursday.
Police say the shooting happened around 1:30 p.m. on Monday. Dispatch received the call from the 1300 block of N. A St. in Wellington.
Court documents show Edgington is accused of shooting Palmer during an argument while she was threatening to throw a small figurine at him.
Officers located Palmer with a single gunshot wound to her upper chest. She was taken to a hospital in Wichita, where she later died from her injuries.
Edgington is next due in court on July 13 and is being held on a $500,000 bond.