Treveon Carrington

On the night of May 2, 2025, the life of Treveon Carrington, a 27-year-old Black man, was cut short by violence in Topeka, Kansas. Just before 10:30 p.m., Topeka Police Department officers responded to reports of gunshots in the area of Southwest 13th Street and Southwest Boswell Avenue. Upon arrival, they found Carrington suffering from life-threatening injuries. Medical personnel were called to the scene, but he was pronounced dead from his wounds. His death marked the city's sixth homicide investigation of the year.

The investigation into the shooting began immediately. As a result of their work, detectives identified a suspect and located him the following day. On May 3, police arrested 30-year-old Derrick M. Mitchell of Topeka in the area of Southeast 6th and Southeast Golden. He was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on a requested charge of first-degree murder.

On May 7, 2025, the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office formally charged Mitchell with one count of intentional second-degree murder in connection with Treveon Carrington's death. The case then proceeded through the court system for several months.

The legal proceedings concluded when Mitchell accepted a plea deal. On December 23, 2025, he pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second-degree murder, defined as unintentional but reckless. A Shawnee County judge subsequently sentenced Mitchell to 138 months, or 11.5 years, in prison. His sentence also included a mandatory three years of post-release supervision. The case was closed with this conviction and sentencing in December 2025.