Name withheld by police

How they died

Suicide

An unidentified man reportedly committed suicide during a standoff with police. At around 8:30 p.m., the Topeka Police Department's special response team was called to an east side home, where police police said an armed man was making suicidal threats and refusing to come outside. When officers arrived, the man allegedly fired shots from inside the house through the window. According to police, the man later shot himself and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police said that no shots were fired by officers during the standoff.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Name withheld by police, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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