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Alleged Halloween Shooter Formally Charged With Murder

The 20-year-old suspect in the Halloween Shooting was in court Wednesday morning for the formal reading of charges against him.

Isaac Devante Beltran faces a charge of 2nd degree murder intentional murder and criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and bond in the case was left at 150-thousand dollars.

Beltran was arrested as a result of the investigation into the shooting death of 26-year-old Dustin Brooks in the alley behind a home of 203 North Cleveland. It was just after 8:00 p.m., Halloween night, when officers were dispatched to the report of a shooting at that home.

Brooks had been transported by private vehicle to a second residence in the 100 block of East A, then to the fire station a block away at B and Walnut. Reno County E.M.S responded and transported the victim to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Brooks who suffered a gunshot wound to the torso died after life saving efforts and emergency surgery failed.

Beltran has been on community corrections for a drug conviction that goes back to December of 2010. A hearing on the motion to revoke his corrections has been set for November 16, in front of Judge Tim Chambers.

His current case will be placed on the waiver-status docket December 4.

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