The Kansas infant killed in a shooting in Topeka has been identified and his father is on the run, according to online reports.
The Topeka Police Department announced on Monday, July 17, that the infant killed in a shooting on Friday has been identified as 2-month-old Alonzoe K. Smith.
Officials noted that around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, they were called to a local hospital with reports of a child, later identified as Alonzoe, that had been shot with life-threatening injuries. Smith was later pronounced deceased by medical professionals.
TPD said it learned that the shooting took place in the 1000 block of SW Mulvane St.
Officials are still looking for 29-year-old Alfred A. Smith in connection with the shooting.
On July 14, the child’s mother, Toyana Taylor-Adams, was at her Topeka apartment with Alonzoe when she said his father, Alfred Smith, showed up outside of her window asking to come inside. Taylor-Adams said she let him in and stepped outside to tell a friend and a cousin Alonzoe’s dad was visiting. She said she hadn’t seen Smith since he left her and Alonzoe at the hospital a couple days after he was born, according to KSNT News.
“I didn’t even make it back upstairs,” she said. “I heard a gunshot.”
She said she tried to get back into the apartment after hearing what she believes was a gunshot.
“Alfred comes running down the stairs with my son in his arms,” Taylor-Adams recalled tearfully. “With blood every where, and he passes my baby to me like he’s sleep.”
She said she didn’t see a gun on Smith and she didn’t even know he was coming to visit.
“I’m just so sorry,” she said. “I was gone for two seconds, and I never expected any of this. Like, I left him in the hands of his dad. I regret letting him in, especially because he hasn’t been there. He left us when he was two days old.”
Smith still has not been located. If anyone sees him or knows where he may be, they should contact TPD immediately at 785-368-9400, the Shawnee Co. Crime Stoppers at 785-234-0007 or 911.
A GoFundMe has been created by Alonzoe’s mother to help lay her baby to rest. To donate, click here.
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