On April 24, 2022, at about 1:20 a.m., Nyron Bowen, a 31-year-old Black/African American man, was shot in the 1300 block of North Hydraulic in Wichita after leaving a nightclub. Responding officers found Bowen lying just south of the club with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries. Witnesses reported hearing several gunshots.

Wichita police identified 35-year-old Brent Alan Cruz as a suspect and arrested him in July 2022 on charges of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Cruz was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail and held on $500,000 bond, then released after meeting bond conditions. Cruz later failed to appear for his trial and is currently being sought as a fugitive; the Wichita Police Department is asking anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Nyron, was at the nightclub that night, or has information about Cruz’s whereabouts, please share what is known with investigators.