Overview

• Pearson Carter III, 19, was arrested June 12 and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections
• Police found 29-year-old Ian A. Mwaniki dead at the scene in the 700 block of Southwest Western after reports of gunshots
• Police say the charges include second-degree murder, aggravated battery, criminal carry of a weapon, unlawful discharge of a firearm within city limits
• The Topeka Police Department is treating this case as the city’s eighth homicide of 2025 and continues its investigation
• Authorities are urging anyone with information to email [email protected] or anonymously contact Shawnee County Crime Stoppers