Trevon Donzell Praylow Sr. was killed in a shooting in his lifelong Topeka neighborhood in the early morning of October 20, 2023. Officers were called about 12:30 a.m. to the 1600 block of SW Fillmore Street, where they found two people with gunshot wounds. Praylow, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene; the second adult victim was taken to a hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.

This incident was counted as Topeka’s 32nd homicide of 2023, a number that exceeded the city’s previous high of 30 homicides in 2017. No arrests had been announced and the Topeka Police Department described the investigation as active and ongoing.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the people involved, please contact the investigators.