A Wichita man charged with murdering a fellow rider on a city bus last fall told police he suffers from schizophrenia and had been unmedicated for a week when he killed the man without warning on a midafternoon route, according to a probable cause affidavit released in the case.
Travis Lee Finney told Wichita police that he had been riding the bus all day with 54-year-old Reginald D. Griffith when he pointed his gun at Griffith’s head and fired as the bus driver was transporting passengers near Maple and Meridian on Oct. 16, 2025.
Finney told police that voices in his head had convinced him that Griffith was a “kingpin and a gang member” who was part of a group plotting his death, according to the affidavit…