On the morning of September 30, 2022, 23-year-old Keith K. Gaylord Jr. was found in the parking lot of Meadowlark Apartments at 1621 S.W. 37th Terrace in Topeka with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Gaylord, known as Keithy, was a Topeka High School graduate studying business at Allen County Community College, employed at the Target distribution center, and a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. He enjoyed working out, playing basketball, and listening to music.

Police recovered another individual at the scene with non-life-threatening injuries who was taken to a local hospital. The next day, law enforcement arrested 20-year-old Bruce Holloway Jr. of Lawrence and charged him with first-degree murder; a second suspect, 22-year-old Dujontez Jaimandre Jerome Owens of Topeka, was taken into custody on October 17, 2022. Authorities said Gaylord’s death was not believed to be related to two other homicides that week.

If anyone knew Keith or has information about what happened that morning, please come forward to assist the investigation.