Michael Raymond Martinez, 42, was shot and killed in Wichita, Kansas, on September 30, 2021. The shooting occurred in Room 207 of the Extended Stay America at 9450 E. Corporate Hills Drive after a confrontation that began over a failed $60 electronic payment during a drug transaction. Patricio S. Gomez, 32, opened fire; a woman named Shae M. Roberts was also present. Gomez and Roberts fled the hotel in a black Cadillac after the shooting.

Gomez was later arrested in March 2022 when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents apprehended him as he attempted to re-enter the United States from Mexico. Roberts was charged in connection with the case. In January 2023, a Sedgwick County jury found Patricio S. Gomez guilty of Martinez’s murder and guilty of one count of attempting to distribute methamphetamine; Gomez had earlier pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and was acquitted of attempted aggravated robbery.

If anyone witnessed activity around the Extended Stay America on September 30, 2021, or has information about the events that led to Martinez’s death, please share what you know.