Tyrone Troy Shepard, 55, was fatally shot on the afternoon of April 18, 2023, in the 900 block of S.W. 17th Street in Topeka, Kansas. Officers who responded found him with a life-threatening gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and died later that day. He was known to family and friends as Troy and remembered for cherishing his family and helping those close to him.

Investigators moved quickly: on April 20, 2023, 32-year-old Christopher F. Ray of Topeka was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Shepard’s death. On May 15, 2023, 24-year-old Daniel Gallow was arrested on unrelated charges and subsequently had a first-degree murder charge and a criminal possession of a weapon by a felon charge added in Shepard’s case. Few other case details have been released publicly.

If anyone knew Tyrone Shepard or has information about the shooting, please come forward.