http://www.wibw.com/home/localnews/headlines/Authorities-On-Scene-Og-Shooting-At-Grocery-Store-In-Topeka-183724341.htmlTOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)-- Police confirmed Sunday night that two officers have died after being shot while responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle at a Dillons grocery store in central Topeka.
CPL David Gogian and Officer Jeff Atherly were both killed in the line of duty.
Police are currently looking for David Edward Tiscareno, 22, of Topeka. He is believed to be armed and extremely dangerous.
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OFC Jeff Atherly (left), CPL David Gogian (right)
Three officers responded to 1400 SW Huntoon St. on reports of a suspicious vehicle sometime after 6:09 p.m.
While details of what transpired when the officers arrived on scene were not immediately released, police confirmed that two of the three officers responding were shot.
At 8:30 p.m. Topeka Police said that both officers sustained life-threatening injuries.
Following the shooting, officers from multiple law enforcement agencies responded. The parking lot of the Dillons store was roped off as a crime scene.
Authorities surrounded a home in the 400 block of Buchanan in Topeka Sunday during the 8 p.m. hour, where two suspects connected to the shooting were believed to be.
A SWAT team was on scene.
The suspect vehicle was located at the house. It was searched and the suspect was not located.
Authorities told 13 News the scene was cleared by 9:30 p.m. and another location was being investigated.
Police were surrounding an area near 12th and Topeka Boulevard in the 9 p.m. hour Sunday. 13's Justin Surrency reported a SWAT Team huddled in the parking lot of Capitol Federal Savings. He reported hearing guns being loaded.
Because Topeka Police Officers were involved in the shooting Sunday night, the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office was taking over the investigation.
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A witness told 13 News the shooting happened just outside the entrance of Dillons. The witness said he heard three gun clips emptied- then heard another series of shots.
A neighbor told Ann Bush, of the Topeka Capital-Journal, that he heard several shots. The neighbor said he looked out the window and saw an officer shot on the ground. The same neighbor told Bush he saw another officer standing near with hands on his head.
Bush was posting updates from the scene to her Twitter account Sunday night.
Topeka Councilman Chad Manspeaker took to Twitter following the shooting Sunday.
"Appears there has been a shooting at Dillons in our neighborhood," Manspeaker said on Twitter around 6:35 p.m. "Sheriffs, TPD, Troopers and Topeka Fire all on the scene at Dillons. Customers locked in the store. Parking lot a crime scene."
About an hour later he said," I am speechless. That Dillon's is a safe place. My heart hurts for our emergency responders."
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