A neighbor dispute in a northeast Wichita apartment complex ended in a fatal shooting on the evening of September 22, 2024. At about 5:40 p.m., 38-year-old Daryl Clark was shot in the chest at the Inwood Crossing Apartments near K-96 and Rock Road after an argument with a neighbor turned physical. Clark was taken to a local hospital but was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m.

Police say 35-year-old Mercedes Muldrew produced a handgun and fired one shot during the altercation. Officers arrested Muldrew at the complex without further incident; she was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail and has been charged with first-degree murder and held on $750,000 bond. Both lived in the same apartment complex, but the specific nature of their relationship has not been described.

The investigation is ongoing. If anyone who lived at Inwood Crossing Apartments or nearby remembers the events of that evening, please share what you know.