Sheriff’s Office Arrests Two in Garden Plain Aggravated Assault with a Firearm

GARDEN PLAIN, Kan. — The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two individuals in connection with an aggravated assault with a firearm that occurred Thursday night, Feb. 5, 2026, in Garden Plain.

At about 9:57 p.m., deputies and the Garden Plain Police Department responded to reports of shots fired into an occupied home in the 300 block of West Lavern Lane. The Garden Plain Police Department requested the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office take over the investigation.

Four people were inside the home at the time of the shooting. No one was struck by gunfire, and no injuries were reported.

Detectives believe one of the victims, who was also the intended target, was involved in a drug transaction with the suspects that involved the use of counterfeit currency. Detectives believe the suspects then followed the victim back to his home and fired shots into the occupied house. 

The investigation continued into the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 7, when deputies, detectives and forensic investigators identified and arrested the suspects. Detectives booked 20-year-old Cristian Yair Garcia and a 16-year-old male juvenile, both of Cheney, on charges of criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling.

This investigation remains ongoing. An arrest has been made; however, the case has not yet been formally charged by the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.

Case number: 2026-00005557

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