TOPEKA, Kan. — Police say a man who demanded a ride at gunpoint was shot and killed by the man he was threatening.
The Capital-Journal reports that the shooting happened early Sunday morning in the parking lot of a west Topeka apartment complex. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says the incident began when 29-year-old Albert Meade Jr. approached and demanded a ride from a 19-year-old man and 20-year-old woman who had just parked their car in the lot. Police say when the younger man refused, Meade pulled a gun. Police say the 19-year-old man then pulled his own gun and shot Meade, who was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
The couple were questioned by police and released.
