On the evening of Monday, June 5, 2023, 34-year-old Thomas Lowell Clime Wheeler, a White/Caucasian male, was shot in an alleyway on the 500 block of Elizabeth Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. Police responded around 9:20 p.m. after reports of shots fired; Wheeler was found with gunshot wounds and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died the following day.

Wheeler’s death was listed as the city’s 11th homicide of 2023. The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s Major Case Unit opened an investigation and has asked the public for any information. As of the latest reports, no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone saw activity on Elizabeth Avenue that night or has information about this shooting, please contact the TIPS Hotline.