On July 4, 2021, around 1:30 a.m., 49-year-old Shay Prewitt was shot and killed during a confrontation in the 2200 block of S. Glendale in southeast Wichita. The fight began after a woman asked Prewitt and a 36-year-old man to help with another man; the encounter escalated into a physical altercation and someone produced a handgun. Prewitt was found dead in a driveway outside a parked vehicle. A 36-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy also suffered non-life-threatening gunshot injuries and were treated and released from a local hospital.

The Wichita Police Department investigated the deadly shooting and later said they were not searching for additional suspects. Authorities have not publicly identified who fired the shots, and no arrests have been announced. If anyone witnessed the confrontation or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.