A parking lot dispute over drugs in south Wichita turned fatal on the morning of November 24, 2019. Timothy Austin, 55, who intermittently lived at the Countryside Inn, was standing outside a vehicle when he was shot once in the upper body. Emergency services arrived after a call at about 5:15 a.m.; Austin was taken to a local hospital and died shortly after 7:30 a.m.

Investigators say the confrontation involved four other people who engaged in a physical altercation with Austin before the shooting. Four suspects were arrested: 49-year-old Bryant Damon Bailey, 52-year-old Robyn Leah Murphy, 60-year-old Annette Williams, and Cassell Peterson. All were initially booked on suspicion of first-degree murder; reports identify the dispute as related to a drug transaction.

If anyone witnessed the November 24 confrontation at the Countryside Inn or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please share what is known.