SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a weekend murder have a suspect in custody.
Just before 11:30a.m. Saturday, police responded to report of a shooting in the 1200 Block of NE Monroe in Topeka, according to Police Lt. Edward Stanley.
First responders located 47-year-old Richard E. Hernandez suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. .
As a result of the investigation police arrested 43-year-old John E. Kyhnell and 39-year-old Steve A. Devries both of Topeka.
Kyhnell is being held in the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. Kyhnell is jailed on requested charges of Murder in the 1st degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon by a Felon. He has previous convictions for aggravated assault, aggravated battery, criminal possession of a weapon by a felon and for drugs, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Devries was originally jailed on a requested charge of Murder in the 1st degree. He is no longer in custody.