On the night of January 26, 2024, in Wichita, Kansas, 19-year-old Jhiquez Quez Roberts, a Black male, was fatally shot alongside 14-year-old Emoni Shears. Both victims were able to drive themselves to a local hospital after being shot in the 5200 block of East Kensington, but both later died of their wounds. Police responded that Friday night to the scenes of the shooting and to the hospital where the victims arrived.

Within days investigators arrested five male teenagers in connection with the double homicide: a 14-year-old taken into custody on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder, 18-year-old Hayden Williams, and three other boys aged 15, 16, and 17 charged with felony murder. Officers said the victims and at least one suspect knew each other and had arranged to meet that night; the 15-year-old suspect is from Garden City while most others are from Wichita. The motive and the exact relationships among those involved remain under investigation.

If anyone knew Jhiquez Quez Roberts or has information about the meeting that night, please come forward.