Davion Gunter was 7 years old when he was shot and killed in Wichita, Kansas. On March 16, 2025, police responded about 12:30 a.m. to an apartment in the 3700 block of East Ross Parkway after a caller reported a child bleeding. Davion suffered a gunshot wound to his torso, was taken to a hospital, and died shortly after arrival.

Investigators found several other children and multiple adults in the apartment. Detectives say the children had been playing with a toy gun when a 4-year-old reportedly found a real handgun in a purse on a kitchen counter and fired it, striking Davion. The adults, including Davion’s mother and grandmother, were reportedly drinking in the parking lot; seven other children from the home were placed in protective custody. Police arrested 25-year-old Tasha Diane Dillard, the apartment resident; children told investigators the gun came from Dillard’s purse.

Records released after Davion’s death show prior child welfare checks: at nine months he was hospitalized with a skull fracture in 2017, and at age three he suffered a gunshot wound to his leg in 2021; those earlier allegations were recorded as unsubstantiated. Does anyone have information about the household or the events that night?