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UPDATE: Fatal shooting near Washburn campus; police need help to identify woman

Click to enlarge-photo courtesy Topeka Police

SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have asked for help to identify a woman shown in security camera images.

Just after 12 a.m. Sunday, police officers responded to a report of a gunshot heard in the area of 22nd Park and Mulvane near the Washburn University campus in Topeka, according to Lt. Steve Roth.

Officers found a passenger car in the tree line with the driver deceased.

Late Sunday morning, police requested the public’s help in identifying a woman seen in security camera images. She is believed to have been in the SUV which is parked at the gas pumps in the photo.

Police did not indicate how she might be connected to the shooting.

Anyone with information regarding this attempt to identify is encouraged to call The Topeka Police Department Criminal Investigations Bureau at 785-368-9400

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Police on the scene of Sunday’s suspicious death-photo courtesy WIBW TV

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

Just after 12 a.m. Sunday, police officers responded to a report of a gunshot heard in the area of 22nd Park and Mulvane near the Washburn University campus in Topeka, according to Lt. Steve Roth.

Officers found a passenger car in the tree line with the driver deceased.

This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call the Topeka Police Criminal Investigations Bureau at 785-368-9400 or Crime Stoppers at 785-234-0007.

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