Christian Sheppard Pleads Guilty | Wichita News

Wichita News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 29, 2026 · 1m

Christian Sheppard pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter and criminal threat after a deadly DUI crash in December 2024 that killed his passenger, 32-year-old basketball star Chekiel Wright — a father of two whose legacy lives on through a memorial game. The crash, fueled by alcohol and drugs, sent the car careening into a tree, fence, and home, igniting a fire and ejecting the engine. Prosecutors dropped murder charges in exchange for the plea. An earlier April 2024 incident added the criminal threat charge, where Sheppard allegedly triggered fire alarms — he admitted to that but denied…