Garden City Homicide Leads to 18 Year Olds Arrest

GARDEN CITY, Kan (WesternKansasNews.com) – On February 13, 2022, at 10:25 A.M., Officers of the Garden City Police Department were dispatched to the 800 block of N. 5th Street for a shooting. Upon arrival, Officers located Jesus Hector Flores (36), Garden City, KS, who had been shot. Flores was transported to St. Catherine Hospital, where he later died.

Through the investigation, Alexander Goetting (18), Garden City, KS, and Dalton Pister (28), Garden City, KS, were identified as being involved in the shooting. Goetting was located and taken into custody. Pister was located and arrested in Scott City, with the assistance of the Scott City Police Department and the Scott County Sheriff’s Department.

Goetting was lodged in the Finney County Jail on allegations of First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Robbery, and various weapons violations. Pister was lodged in the Finney County Jail on allegations of First-Degree Murder and Aggravated Robbery.