In the early morning of March 22, 2025, a gathering at a residence in southeast Wichita turned deadly when 24-year-old Demarc M. Burgess suffered multiple gunshot wounds following a disturbance with another person at a home in the 14000 block of E. Twinlake Drive near Kellogg and East 143rd Street. Wichita Police arrived around 3:47 a.m., found Burgess with critical injuries, and he was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators have identified a person of interest who was known to the victim and do not believe the shooting was random. Two days later, police publicly named 18-year-old Jaden Watts as someone they want to question and issued a felony pickup order, releasing his photograph and asking the public for help locating him. Witness interviews and follow-up leads are ongoing.

If anyone has information about Jaden Watts’ whereabouts or about the events at the Twinlake Drive residence that night, please contact the Wichita Police Department or Crime Stoppers.