In the early hours of a Saturday morning in Wichita, Kansas, the life of 19-year-old Andreas Carlyle, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short. On August 1, 2020, shortly before 1 a.m., police responded to a shooting in the 600 block of North Pinecrest, near Central and Oliver. There, they discovered Carlyle lying in the street with fatal gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators believe the shooting was not a random act of violence, suggesting that Carlyle may have been targeted. Despite this belief, the circumstances that led to the shooting and details about any potential shooter were not immediately clear. In the initial stages of the investigation, the Wichita Police Department reached out to the public for assistance, appealing for any information that might lead to an understanding of the events that transpired that night.
As time passed, the investigation into Andreas Carlyle's death grew cold. His case is now listed among the unsolved homicides being handled by the Wichita Police Department's Cold Case Unit. To date, there have been no arrests made in connection with his murder, and no suspects have been publicly identified. The case remains an open and ongoing investigation, leaving a family without answers and a community with the memory of a young life lost to violence.
