Derby man gets over 27 years for south Wichita murder
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A Derby man has been sentenced for his role in the murder of Daniel McPherson in south Wichita.
Phillip Walls, 18, was sentenced to 330 months in prison, which equals out to 27 years and six months.
Walls pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, attempted aggravated robbery, and aggravated kidnapping on March 11.
The judge sentenced Walls to 165 months each on the murder and kidnapping counts and 34 months on the attempted aggravated robbery charge.
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The shooting happened on Dec. 6, 2023. The department says on Dec. 6, around 2 a.m., the Blackwell Police Department in Oklahoma contacted Sedgwick County Dispatch, reporting a shooting investigation involving two people who went to a local hospital. One of them sustained a gunshot wound.
Wichita police arrived in south Wichita, near the intersection of MacArthur and Hydraulic, and found McPherson with a gunshot wound to his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Walls and co-defendant James Sawyer, 20, were extradited back to Wichita from Oklahoma. Sawyer is set for a jury trial on Aug. 26.
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