On the morning of April 10, 2018, a domestic dispute in the 8300 block of Switzer Street in Overland Park, Kansas, ended with David Slater, 52, fatally shot. Police arrived about 10:20 a.m. and found Slater dead at the scene. A 6-year-old girl was also shot in the leg and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries; authorities reported she may have been struck by a ricocheting bullet rather than intentionally targeted.

The shooting arose from an argument between Slater and his daughter’s boyfriend, identified as 21-year-old Elijah Lewis King of Olathe. King was taken into custody at the home without incident and cooperated with investigators. He was arrested and booked on suspicion of second-degree murder, and later charged with intentional second-degree murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated child endangerment; bond was set at $250,000.

Slater had worked at Cosentino’s Price Chopper for 25 years. Neighbors and family expressed shock and grief after the violence in an otherwise quiet, family-oriented neighborhood.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Slater or that household in the days before April 10 who can share what led up to the dispute?