Neighbors in the 600 block of South Ida in Wichita found Kamilu Boyede’s front door ajar on the morning of November 25, 2020, and police discovered the 50-year-old Black/African American man inside with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Neighbors had heard sounds like gunshots sometime after midnight, and investigators estimate the shooting happened between midnight and 3 a.m. Witnesses reported seeing a male fleeing the area, described as late 20s to early 30s, medium build, wearing a dark hoodie and jeans, but that person was not found and the case remains unsolved.

Boyede was remembered by family and neighbors as a kind, hardworking man who fixed cars for a living and mentored a young neighbor. He had recently lost his wife and had become a regular at The Books of Acts Tabernacle of Praise, where his pastor recalled his pride in family and his habit of correcting the pronunciation of his last name with his Nigerian accent. Anyone with information about the shooting or the fleeing man is asked to come forward.