Topeka — Topeka police say a man likely was high on narcotics when he fired a gun and assaulted a police vehicle near the Washburn University campus.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports police were dispatched around 6:15 a.m. Monday on reports of shots fired.
A 31-year-old man who lives in an apartment across the street from the incident says he heard gunshots and stepped outside to find a man lying on the ground.
Jason How says the man jumped up when he saw a Washburn University police car arrive, then got onto the vehicle's hood and started attacking the car.
The officer walked to the back of the car, causing the man to jump down and go after him. How says another officer took the man into custody before he could attack.
Comments
sierraclub 6 months ago
Pot, such a good drug to make legal.
KRichards 6 months ago
Common sense. Unfortunately you don't have any.
Did it say pot in the article? It said he was high on narcotics. Acting like this it was probably meth, crack, or pcp.
oletimer 6 months ago
and you are an expert, how? talk about need of common sense.
funkdog1 6 months ago
Pot isn't a narcotic.
beatrice 6 months ago
Some drugged up guy is out shooting a GUN in public, and people want to criticize the accessability of POT?
somedude20 6 months ago
by somedude20
Whoops...too late!
Crazy_Larry 6 months ago
Hear, hear! Had the dufus been high on Mary Jane instead of narcotics he'd have been at home watching cartoons with Cheeto fingers.
Ron Holzwarth 6 months ago
Yup, no more Twinkies.
JJE007 6 months ago
What? I would not believe you said that if I hadn't said this... "sierra club" is obviously a new breed of felon on the street, the pot zombie. These potzombies, also known as "Ponzis", must scream like body snatchers at their main competition for our hearts, minds and brains. The thugs be fightin' it out. Let them scream.
OonlyBonly 6 months ago
Doesn't sound like "pot" to me.
LarryNative 6 months ago
Stop watching Refer Madness sierraclub and get with the times.
otto 6 months ago
I would have loved seeing him assault the police vehicle. I know of criminal damage etc... but never thought about it that way.
Ron Holzwarth 6 months ago
Yeah,,, I bet the car was underage, too.
beatrice 6 months ago
If gunshots can be heard coming from across the street, what would make someone walk outside to see what is happening?
Liberty275 6 months ago
Concern for your neighbor.
Liberty275 6 months ago
Libertarianism doesn't need to be transcended for you to help your neighbor. It just makes you help with your own money and not with some other person's.
I help my neighbors all the time. Here's the funny part - I won't take their money for anything and I won't ask them for anything without paying their price.
You need to re-jig your notions of libertarianism.
"Perhaps you could provide some high narco-insight, as well?"
Twinkies are the food of choice for stoners fighting the zombie apocalypse. How's that?
beatrice 6 months ago
An initial call to the police should be the first concern when gunshots are involved in a neighborhood.
Liberty275 6 months ago
Or a car backfiring, a firecracker or balloon popping too.
beatrice 6 months ago
Or when you actually hear gunshots.
Crazy_Larry 6 months ago
Not being a coward.
beatrice 6 months ago
Yes, many fools are brave fools. They sometimes become dead fools.
Call the police.
Crazy_Larry 6 months ago
You call the police, fool.
http://rt.com/usa/news/florida-man-police-kill-325/
http://gawker.com/5941416/nypd-officer-shoots-kills-innocent-man-running-away-from-bodega-robbers
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-20124838/police-seeking-robber-kill-unarmed-innocent-man/
Ron Holzwarth 6 months ago
beatrice, maybe it was an AK-47 like this:
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The AK-47 (bullets not required) by Ron Holzwarth
OonlyBonly 6 months ago
Because it's there!
LarryNative 6 months ago
Seeing if Olin is on a bender again.
someguy 6 months ago
Since the guy was attacking a car it is a pretty safe bet that whatever drugs he was taking were non-narcotic.
RoeDapple 6 months ago
Wasn't me.
Agnostick 6 months ago
HOW... HIGH... WAS HE???
somedude20 6 months ago
Sounds like this turkey was bath-assaulted.....wonder if the cop car will press assault charges? I have never heard of a car being assaulted, vandalized, but never assaulted
Liberty275 6 months ago
Yeah, I was wondering if they meant "assault" like the beaches of Normandy or he beat the car up or had sex with it. It's a little vague.
somedude20 6 months ago
"you got a sexy tail pipe and I like your big fenders, car"
Katara 6 months ago
Nice headlights and you got a lot of junk in your trunk, car.
Liberty275 6 months ago
I don't see why they were arguing with you.
parrothead8 6 months ago
That back-pedaling is hard work, isn't it?
LocalYocal 6 months ago
First, why do you keep capitalizing the word "pot"? Second, yes marijuana IS a drug (not saying I agree that it should be illegal, but it is a drug just as is caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, etc.) Third, your original comment was so completely random and basically unrelated to the story that people were just attempting to guess what ignorant idea had formed in your head. Lastly, did you just use the "I'm rubber and you're glue" defense? Amazing how someone can be so completely void of intelligence, and then think it wise to comment on articles to highlight their shortcomings. Thank you for making me feel smart :-)
oletimer 6 months ago
i bet that took a lot of work to accomplish that
Liberty275 6 months ago
"Topeka police say man who fired a gun and assaulted a police car was high"
It was noted the man was distraught because he could not find any Twinkies.
bd 6 months ago
Was he from Larryville???
Liberty275 6 months ago
Where's Bozo?
kansasredlegs 6 months ago
Wouldn't this be classified as a Medical Emergency and the man being taken to a medical facility in lieu of jail? No? I guess I missed the part of the story about this guy being a "former police chief."
Dude, don't talk to the police and assert the "Olin Defense." Works every time, oh wait, you're not in Lawrence. Sucks for you.
jonas_opines 6 months ago
"I did not backpedal."
Agreed. That would imply that you had a direction to begin with.
Me, I'm going with: "Read the headline, didn't read the article, and started posting."
beatrice 6 months ago
Well, if we are only going to read the headline and start commenting, then I have only one word to say: Topeka.
riverdrifter 6 months ago
If he was so high, rock him, baby and roll him away...
misplacedcheesehead 6 months ago
I shouldn't be laughing, as assault on a human being is never a laughing matter. But...a car? Does the car plan to press charges? Was the car taken to a mechanic for a complete exam before it was allowed to go through the car wash?
Only in Topeka.
ascgrown 6 months ago
Make sure the offender pays for the vehicles' PTSD sessions. So traumatizing.
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