Shooting in south Topeka now classified as a homicide

Alyssa Storm

April 19, 2024 at 7:44 PM·1 min read

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Topeka Police changed the classification of the investigation into a shooting Friday morning.

The Topeka Police Department announced in a release that a shooting Friday morning that was being investigated as a suspicious death is now classified as a homicide. This is the fifth homicide investigation of 2024. Police will identify the deceased individual once the next of kin have been notified.

Just before 8 a.m. Friday morning, Topeka police responded to a reported shooting at the 3700 block of Southwest Park South Court.

Once officers arrived, they located one individual suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. The person was pronounced dead by medical personnel.

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