Bondderrick Sanders was 23 when he was found dead from a gunshot in the west alley of the 1500 block of SW Western Avenue in Topeka, Kansas, on October 9, 2017, just after 1:30 p.m. A Black/African American male, Sanders’ death was investigated as a homicide.

Around the same time, another man arrived at a local hospital by private vehicle with a gunshot wound; police believed his injuries were connected to Sanders’ shooting but were not life-threatening. Investigators looked into an earlier report of gunfire near 11th and Buchanan and located a vehicle considered of interest, but that lead did not produce an arrest.

The case has remained open and unsolved, with no suspects publicly identified and no arrests announced. Anyone with information about the events of October 9, 2017, or who knew Sanders is asked to come forward.