Woman sought in connection with 2020 deadly shooting charged with murder

Mugshot of murder suspect Autumn Metcalf, arrested in connection with an August 2020 deadly shooting in north Wichita.(KWCH)
Published: Sep. 26, 2022 at 10:59 PM CDT

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Update: A woman sought in connection with a deadly shooting in August 2020 made her first appearance Tuesday in Sedgwick County district court. A judge charged Autumn Shanequa Metcalf with first-degree murder in the Aug. 24 death of Joe Wheeler III outside the Baby Dolls club in north Wichita.

Records from the Sedgwick County Jail show a woman wanted in connection with an August 2020 deadly shooting at the Baby Dolls club in north Wichita is in custody. Booking details with the jail show first-degree murder among the arresting charges against 31-year-old Autumn Shanequa Metcalf.

Wichita police said Metcalf is suspected of shooting and killing Joe Wheeler III on the night of Aug. 24, 2020. Police said officers responded to Baby Dolls in the 4900 block of North Arkansas. Outside the club, they found Wheeler inside a vehicle, injured with gunshot wounds. Wheeler died at the scene.