In the pre-dawn hours of January 16, 2024, shots were reported in a south Wichita neighborhood. Officers were first dispatched to the 1000 block of South Market at about 5:12 a.m., and a later call at 5:22 a.m. brought them to the 900 block of South Market. There they found 35-year-old Ladonte Ostrander, a Black male, on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his leg. Ostrander was taken to a hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead at 6:00 a.m.

Police say video from around the time of the shooting showed two people following Ostrander before multiple shots were fired. Two suspects were arrested: Yancy Hermosillo was charged initially with second-degree murder and had bond set at $1 million on January 22; a second man, 27-year-old Robert Howland, was taken into custody January 20 while charges against him remained under review. Hermosillo later pleaded no contest to aggravated battery and was sentenced to seven years in prison in May 2025 for his role in Ostrander’s death.

Are there local witnesses or anyone with video who can shed more light on what happened that morning?