On September 15, 2022, 21-year-old Devin Bills was shot and killed outside a residence in the Riverside Mobile Home Community in south Wichita, Kansas. Police were called to the 4500 block of South Hydraulic at 1:36 a.m. and found Bills unresponsive with two gunshot wounds to his upper body; officers and EMS attempted life-saving measures but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses gave differing versions of what sparked the violence. The dispute began during a gathering where alcohol and Xanax bars were reportedly consumed; some accounts say the argument involved comments about leaving and accusations about fake drugs. A probable cause affidavit states both Bills and 19-year-old Laquavion Bentley were armed and that at least one witness claimed Bills fired first. Bentley fled the scene in a vehicle and was arrested and initially booked on suspicion of second-degree murder.

Charges tied to Bills s death were later revised to criminal discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated assault, and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Those state charges related to the shooting were dismissed in August 2024. In a separate federal case connected to the same incident, Bentley pleaded guilty in December 2023 to possession of an unregistered firearm for a silencer found during a post-shooting search and was sentenced to time served in February 2024.

Does anyone have additional information about the gathering that night or the people who were there?