Treveon Carrington, 27, was shot and killed in Topeka on the night of May 2, 2025. Calls about gunfire near Southwest 13th and Boswell came in just before 10:30 p.m.; officers found Carrington with life-threatening injuries and emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. His death was recorded as the city’s sixth homicide of 2025.

Family and friends remembered him as someone who enjoyed spending time with his children and noted he had married Cassandra Lynn Rosine on April 27, 2025. Detectives identified a suspect and arrested 30-year-old Derrick Mitchell of Topeka; he was booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections and faced a requested charge of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting.

Anyone with information about what happened near Southwest 13th and Boswell that night is asked to come forward.