A Topeka Police officer was hit by gunfire in a shootout with a murder suspect in Downtown Topeka Thursday morning. The incident stemmed from a shooting about an hour earlier on Topeka’s south side that left one person dead and another injured. The Topeka Police Dept. said officers responded to a home in the 3500 block of SW Kerry just after 9:30 a.m. on reports of a shooting. The officer was taken to a local hospital for treatment.b
