SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Wednesday morning shooting in Topeka and have made an arrest.
Just after 2:00 am, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a possible shooting in the 100 block of NE Coachlight Drive, according to Lt. Matt Danielson.
Officers arrived on scene and located a victim later identified as 47-year-old Royal T. St. Clair of Topeka in a home that had been shot. Medical personnel arrived and transported him to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.
On Wednesday afternoon, police took a person of interest in the shooting investigation into custody in the 400 block of SE Rice Road.
After questioning, police arrested 24 year-old Austin J. Dickey on requested charges of aggravated battery and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon. St. Clair remains in critical but stable condition at an area hospital, according to police spokesperson Gretchen Koenen.
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SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Wednesday morning shooting in Topeka.
Just after 2:00 am, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a possible shooting in the 100 block of NE Coachlight Drive, according to Lt. Matt Danielson.
Officers arrived on scene and located a victim in a home that had been shot. Medical personnel arrived and transported that victim to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.
Police released no additional details including the victim's name.