On the night of July 14, 2023, in the 1000 block of SW Mulvane Street in Topeka, 2-month-old Alonzoe K. Smith died after sustaining a gunshot wound inside his family’s apartment. The child was at home with his mother, Toyana Taylor-Adams, when Alonzoe’s father, Alfred Smith, reportedly arrived outside the window and was let inside. Alfred Smith reportedly came down the stairs holding Alonzoe, who was covered in blood, and handed the infant to his mother. The baby was taken to a hospital and later died from the injury.

The Topeka Police Department identified 29-year-old Alfred A. Smith as a person of interest and asked for the public’s help; he was last seen in a turquoise Jeep SUV. He was later located in Greene County, Missouri, on unrelated charges, extradited to Kansas, and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections without bond in connection with the death. Does anyone have information about the events at the apartment that night or about Alfred Smith’s whereabouts before he was located?