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Kan. teenager dies after being shot by passenger

PoliceTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka police say a 17-year-old died after he was shot by a passenger in his car as he drove, causing the car to crash into a home.

The victim, Colton Chad Christenson, was unresponsive when officers found him in the car early Monday and died later at a hospital.

Police say in a news release that they are looking for a 21-year-old man as a person of interest in the shooting. They have not released possible reasons for the shooting.

No one inside the home hit by the car was injured.

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