On the evening of July 14, 2025, in Kent, Washington, 34-year-old Gary Lee Winston was fatally shot outside an apartment on the 22400 block of Benson Road SE. Police responded to calls reporting an argument and the sound of gunshots around 8:37 p.m. Witnesses saw a man lying outside; officers found Winston with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Inside the same apartment, 46-year-old Migna Elizabeth Kennebrew had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the neck; her death was also ruled a homicide. Nearby surveillance captured a man knocking, then kicking in the apartment door. Winston was seen exiting and struggling with the assailant before several gunshots; the man then entered the apartment and a single gunshot followed a woman’s scream.

On July 16, Kent Police, assisted by the Snohomish County U.S. Marshals Task Force, arrested 51-year-old Alphonzo Kelly in connection with the double homicide. Court documents allege Kelly was upset with Winston over a suspected romantic involvement with Kelly’s girlfriend and describe a prior eviction and grudge; Kelly has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder plus related assault and weapons charges and has pleaded not guilty. If anyone has information about Winston, Kennebrew, or the events at Benson Road SE that night, please share what you know.