On the afternoon of May 15, 2023, police in Topeka responded to a shooting in the 3500 block of SW Kerry Avenue. Officers found Brandon M. Drew, a 39-year-old Black man from Topeka, with a life-threatening gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and died shortly after.

The Topeka Police Department opened a homicide investigation. In September 2023 authorities arrested 32-year-old Sydney Slaughter of Kansas City, Kansas, charging him with first-degree murder and felony weapon possession in connection with Drew’s death. Slaughter was held at the Shawnee County Department of Corrections.

Court records show a major development in July 2024: on July 17 all charges against Slaughter were dismissed without prejudice because newly obtained evidence prevented the state from pursuing a trial at that time. As of August 2024 the homicide of Brandon Drew remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the Topeka area see or hear anything in the 3500 block of SW Kerry Avenue on May 15, 2023, that could help investigators?