A fatal morning shooting on November 10, 2024, left Ricky R. Washington Jr., 45, dead and another man critically wounded in Topeka, Kansas. The shooting happened around 9 a.m. in the 1200 block of S.W. Huntoon Street; first responders found both victims with life-threatening injuries and medical personnel pronounced Washington dead at the scene. The second victim was transported to a local hospital in critical condition and ultimately survived.

Topeka police arrested two brothers a few days after the shooting: Du’Jontez Jaimandre Jerome Owens, 24, and Demari D. Owens, who was 18 at the time. Both were formally charged in connection with Washington’s death. In June 2026, a jury found Demari Owens guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling; a judge later sentenced him to a Hard 50 life term. Does anyone have information about the events on S.W. Huntoon Street that morning or the people involved?