On the evening of April 25, 2025, gunfire erupted in Wichita near South Topeka and East Indianapolis. Officers on the scene located 21-year-old Martevion Davis in the parking lot of the Afton Motel on the 800 block of South Broadway with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso and arms. He was taken to a local hospital and was pronounced dead at 10:46 p.m.

Investigators say the shooting followed a disturbance in the motel parking lot where gambling was reportedly taking place. Detectives identified a 35-year-old acquaintance of Davis as a suspect; that man, James E. Owens, turned himself in to police the next day at 12:30 p.m., was arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on a first-degree murder charge, and had bond set at $1 million at his initial court appearance. The Sedgwick County District Attorney charged him with first-degree murder as the Wichita Police Department continued its investigation.

If anyone was at the Afton Motel that night or has information about the disturbance in the parking lot, please come forward.