
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two men are now jailed in connection with the shooting death of a Topeka police officer.
The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department announced that Randy Ridens, 30, Topeka man was arrested early Monday near a home in Linwood. Police said he might have information to help the investigation of the shooting of police Cpl. Jason Harwood on Sunday afternoon.
Another suspect in Harwood’s shooting, Ross Lane, turned himself in to authorities in Lawrence Sunday night.
The sheriff’s department says Harwood was shot when he stopped a vehicle in east Topeka and at least one person in the car fired a weapon before the car drove away.
Gov. Sam Brownback on Monday ordered that all flags be flown at half-staff from sunup to sundown on Monday and Tuesday to honor Harwood, a 15-year police veteran.