'A loving father': Woman shot and killed her boyfriend on his birthday after trying to run him over with a Jeep

A Kansas pistillate volition beryllium spending respective years down bars for shooting and killing her fellow connected his birthday.

In December 2025, Amunique Schare Cavitt, 21, was convicted by a assemblage of her peers connected 1 number of murder successful the 2nd degree implicit the decease of 33-year-old Norman Eugene "Tray" Carter III.

On Friday, the suspect was sentenced to 13 years and 9 months successful prison, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office.

The underlying incidental occurred connected April 23, 2024, extracurricular of a residence connected North Minnesota Avenue successful Wichita.

On the time successful question, instrumentality enforcement arrived astir 12:15 p.m. successful effect to reports of a shooting and recovered Carter suffering from aggregate gunshot wounds to his precocious body, according to Wichita-based ABC affiliate KAKE. The unfortunate was rushed to a adjacent infirmary wherever helium yet succumbed to his injuries.

Earlier that morning, Cavitt and Carter were driving unneurotic erstwhile they began arguing, according to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Wichita-based NBC and Telemundo affiliate KSN-TV.

The woman, for her part, said her fellow slapped her, deed her respective times connected the caput and tried to strangle her. Police noted the beingness of immoderate scratches connected Cavitt's neck, but nary different disposable injuries, according to the affidavit.

At the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and 13th Street, Carter got retired of the Jeep. One witnesser said it appeared Cavitt tried to tally him implicit aft helium near the SUV. Then, the pistillate besides got retired of the Jeep and unleashed a torrent of gunfire astatine the man.

The shooting continued adjacent aft Carter was connected the ground, according to the charging papers obtained by The Wichita Eagle. Police would find 7 ammunition casings successful the writer adjacent the man's body.

Carter's obituary remembers him fondly:

Tray was precise talented, creative, passionate, and smart. He achieved everything helium acceptable his caput to and motivated others to bash the same…Most of all, helium was a loving begetter to his girl Nakori. Tray loved his girl much than anything. She was the airy successful his eyes and the joyousness successful his heart. There are nary words that tin picture conscionable however overmuch Tray loved his daughter. She was his astir precious acquisition successful this satellite and helium volition everlastingly beryllium her Angel.

The suspect was arrested aboriginal that aforesaid day and charged with 1 number of first-degree murder. She was detained successful the Sedgwick County Jail connected $1 cardinal enslaved wherever she remained done the entirety of her trial.

The assemblage was fixed the enactment of convicting Cavitt connected the much superior execution charge, but opted for second-degree execution instead.