Five Topeka police officers cleared in fatal shooting
February 5, 2023
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Five Topeka police officers will not face charges after shooting and killing a man who rushed them with a knife last year, Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay.
Kagay said on Tuesday that Kansas Bureau of Investigation officers found Topeka police justifiably believed that Taylor Lowery, 33, was a danger to them and the public during the confrontation on Oct. 13 in a Kwik Shop parking lot.
The officers shot Lowery 34 times after he rushed at them with a knife and socket wrench, Kagay said.
Lowery was under the influence of drugs when he was shot, Kagay said.
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