SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement investigating a deadly shooting in Topeka and have made an arrest.
Just before 5p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a shooting in the 1000 block of NE Poplar Street in Topeka, according to Topeka Police Lt. Ronnie Connell. As officers arrived in the area, they located two men suffering from life-threatening injuries. While on the scene, one individual was pronounced deceased by medical personnel. The second was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.
As a result of the investigation, Dalton Wolf Thompson, 28, of Topeka, was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of Murder in the 1st Degree, Attempted Murder in the 1st Degree and Aggravated Battery
This is the 17th homicide investigation of 2025 in the city of Topeka, according to Connell.