“I WAS NOT AIMING WHEN I FIRED”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PROSECUTORS SAY JOSHUA ORLANDO AMBUSHED HIS ESTRANGED WIFE OUTSIDE HER HOME BEFORE SHOOTING HER IN THE HEAD… AND HE WILL NOW SERVE NEARLY FOUR DECADES BEHIND BARS BEFORE FACING PAROLE.
Emergency crews were called to the scene early in the morning on April 17, 2026.
At around 8:00 a.m., dispatchers directed first responders to the Remington Apartments on East 37th Street in Wichita, Kansas.
The dispatch followed an emergency call from a man who reported shooting his wife during an argument.
Upon arriving at the complex, police officers located a woman suffering from a gunshot wound near the bottom of an outdoor staircase.
First responders transported her in critical condition to Wesley Medical Center.
She survived on life support for three days.
On April 20, 2026, she died from her injuries.
Authorities identified the victim as 25-year-old Ivy Unruh.
Unruh was a U.S. Marine veteran.
A subsequent autopsy determined that Unruh died from a gunshot wound to the head.
The medical examiner officially ruled the manner of death a homicide.
Court records showed that Unruh had filed for divorce from 29-year-old Joshua Orlando in August 2025.
Following the filing, Unruh sought a safe place to live.
The leasing agent at Unruh’s apartment complex later told investigators that Unruh specifically asked about security features when renting the apartment.
Unruh explained that she was trying to get away from an abusive ex.
She also asked the leasing agent not to contact her former landlord.
Unruh told the leasing agent that the former landlord was allegedly friends with Orlando.
Coworkers also reported signs of domestic violence.
Her supervisor at PBS Kansas told investigators that Unruh had previously shown her bruises.
The supervisor stated that Unruh had described experiencing both verbal and physical abuse during the marriage.
Orlando later admitted to investigators that physical violence had indeed occurred in the relationship in the past.
Contact between the two continued into the spring.
On April 14, 2026, Orlando contacted Unruh about arranging a “study night.”
Both Unruh and Orlando were attending online college classes at the time.
During that conversation, Unruh told him that she no longer wanted to be with him.
The two agreed during the discussion that their relationship was over.
On April 16, Unruh sent Orlando a text message with specific instructions regarding her property.
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She instructed him to leave her belongings at the door because she did not want to see him.
Yet Orlando did not stay away.
Orlando later admitted to investigators that he still went to the apartment complex.
He acknowledged that he sometimes sat in the parking lot without contacting her.
On April 17, Orlando returned to the complex before Unruh left for work.
He waited outside the apartment stairs without calling or texting her.
While waiting, he listened for the bells attached to her apartment door.
Unruh’s doorbell camera recorded her leaving her apartment at 8:00:15 a.m.
When Unruh walked downstairs, Orlando claimed she became angry.
He claimed to investigators that she struck him in the face with a bag containing a Nintendo Switch.
Orlando told investigators that the physical strike caused him to flash back to an earlier argument.
Then he pulled out a handgun.
Orlando covered his face with one arm and fired one round.
He later claimed to investigators that he was not aiming when he fired the gun.
The doorbell camera system recorded the audio of the gunshot at 8:00:52 a.m.
Just 37 seconds had elapsed between Unruh stepping out of her apartment door and the firing of the weapon.
Orlando placed a call to 911 less than 30 seconds later, connecting with dispatchers at 8:01:21 a.m.
During the call, Orlando told dispatchers, “My wife and I got into a fight,” before saying, “I shot her, I shot her.”
Officers arrived at the scene shortly after the call and took Orlando into custody.
As officers placed him in handcuffs, Orlando stated, “I know she didn’t mean to hurt me.”
Orlando was arrested and formally charged with first-degree murder.
He later entered guilty pleas to charges of first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping.
On August 28, 2026, Orlando appeared in court for sentencing.
For the murder of Unruh, the court sentenced Orlando to life in prison with a mandatory minimum of 25 years before becoming eligible for parole.
The court ordered him to serve an additional 13 years and nine months in prison for the charge of aggravated kidnapping.
As a result of the consecutive sentences, Orlando will not become eligible for parole for approximately 38 years and nine months.
Unruh’s family addressed the court during the sentencing hearing.
“No sentence can bring Ivy back,” her mother, Amy Unruh, told the court.
Her father, Matthew Keith Jellison, said the family wanted the maximum sentence allowed and believed that was accomplished.
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