Jun 25, 2022

Update KBI: Police kill man who was chasing others with a knife

Posted Jun 25, 2022 12:00 AM
The officers involved were not injured -photo courtesy WIBW TV
The officers involved were not injured -photo courtesy WIBW TV

SHAWNEE COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday morning in Topeka.

At approximately 9 a.m. on Friday, officers from the Topeka Police Department (TPD) responded to the area of 4th St. and SE Holliday, near the railroad, after 911 callers reported that a male subject armed with a knife had threatened them. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office and BNSF Police Department also responded to the incident.

Preliminary information indicates that when officers arrived, they located the man and attempted to convince him to put down the knife. As they negotiated with him, he cut himself several times with his knife.

Law enforcement officers deployed bean bag rounds and used other less than lethal methods to try to subdue the man. These efforts were unsuccessful and at around 10 a.m., the man charged toward a group of officers with the knife. Three officers from TPD fired toward the man striking him multiple times.

Officers secured the knife and rendered aid to the man. EMS transported him to Stormont Vail Hospital where he died from his injuries.

At this time, law enforcement is still working to positively identify the man, and to make family notifications.

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SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting.

Just after 10:00 a.m. Friday, three police officers were involved in an officer-involved shooting with an armed individual near the Amtrak Station located at SE Holliday Place in Topeka, according to Police Lt. Manuel Munoz. 

Police were on scene due to multiple citizen calls of a subject armed with a knife chasing and threatening people.

Officers made several attempts to negotiate with the armed individual to achieve a peaceful resolution, including the deployment of less-lethal munitions. Those attempts were ultimately unsuccessful, and the armed individual charged at the officers placing them in fear for their lives.

The involved officers were not injured in the incident, according to Munoz. American Medical Response transported the man to a local hospital with critical injuries. He was later pronounced deceased.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has been notified and will investigate this incident. Per policy, the involved the police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave while the incident is investigated.

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