Dontis Carter, a 19-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Wichita on the evening of April 9, 2024. Police say Carter was visiting an acquaintance at an apartment complex in the 2600 block of South Emporia when a dispute with another teenager escalated and gunfire broke out. Responding officers found Carter with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene after first responders attempted aid.

Authorities identified a suspect the same night and, after a traffic stop at Harry and Hydraulic, a passenger, 19-year-old Damarqua Keyleon Kendell Edwards, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and a firearm was recovered. Two days later, on April 11, the Sedgwick County District Attorney reviewed the evidence and announced that no charges would be filed, concluding Edwards acted in self-defense and clearing him in the shooting.

Was anyone in the area of South Emporia that night who might have seen or heard what happened and can add detail about the events leading up to the shooting?