TOPEKA, Kan. — Police in Topeka say a man has died in a shootout with officers following a highway chase early Monday.
Topeka police say the incident began late Sunday night when a 911 caller in Shawnee County reported a domestic threat involving a Topeka man. Responding deputies later stopped a car with the suspect inside. Police say the deputies tried to negotiate with the man, later identified as 49-year-old Joseph Howell, but he displayed a gun and fired at least two shots, then fled in the car. Police say deputies forced Howell’s car off the road following a brief chase, and gunfire was exchanged around 12:30 a.m. Monday.
Howell was later pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were injured.
