A 50-year-old Nigerian man identified as Kamilu Boyede was killed in a deadly shooting incident which occurred on Wednesday morning.
Wichita Police Department in its announcement on Wednesday evening, said the incident occurred at a home in South Ida in Kansas State. Neighbors called the police around 11 a.m on Wednesday November 25, after seeing a door left open at a home in the 600 block of South Ida.
Captain Wendell Nicholson of the Wichita Police Department is reported to have said: “We talked to some neighbors in the area and they indicated that this morning at about 12:30 they saw an unknown male walking in the area.
“They were concerned because earlier this morning they heard some shots fired, they didn’t call the police, but this morning when they walked past the residence in the 600 block of South Ida, they saw the door was ajar so they contacted 911.”
Through an investigation, police think the incident occurred sometime after midnight and before 3 a.m. They believe Boyede was a target and this wasn’t a random incident.
News of Kamilu’s death has been attracting numerous tributes and condolences via social media from friends, church members and other worried individuals.
A Wichita State University international student, who asked not to be named, spoke with his gregarious neighbor, Kamilu Boyede, Tuesday night. They usually talked about cars and life.
He found out Wednesday that Boyede, 50, had been killed.
“He was like a mentor to me,” the student said. “He is an amazing man.”
It was gathered that he lost his wife, Mrs. Laquita Boyede in July this year and was said to have been living alone since then.
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