On the evening of November 24, 2021, Peyton James Whitaker, an 18-year-old Caucasian male from Topeka, Kansas, was fatally shot at a residence in the 200 block of Yorkshire Drive in Lawrence. Lawrence police officers responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 9:15 p.m. and discovered Whitaker with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation into the shooting led to the arrests of two individuals from Topeka on December 1, 2021. Mehki McDaniel, 20, was
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