Kashmire Tisdale, 22, was shot and killed in Wichita in the early hours of August 5, 2025. Officers patrolling the 600 block of North Poplar heard multiple gunshots around 1:26 a.m.; the city’s Raven gunshot detection system sent an alert for that location and several 911 callers reported a shooting. Police arrived by 1:31 a.m. and found Tisdale behind a residence with a gunshot wound to his upper body. Despite life-saving efforts by officers and Sedgwick County EMS, he was pronounced dead at 1:36 a.m. Investigators recovered multiple shell casings, and reports say several homes and a vehicle were struck by gunfire. No arrests or suspect descriptions had been released and the investigation was active.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, contact Wichita police detectives or submit an anonymous tip to Wichita-Sedgwick County Crime Stoppers.