TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Shawnee County Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man in Topeka because the suspect was driving a car toward the deputy, according to Sheriff Brian Hill.
Jason Ickler, 38, was shot at a Topeka Quality Inn on Sunday, Hill said in a news release.
Hill said deputies went to a hotel to arrest Ickler on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude police, interference with law enforcement, and reckless driving after an incident in Topeka on Friday.
Ickler jumped out of a hotel window and got into a vehicle. When a deputy approached, Ickler accelerated and drove toward the deputy, who fired as he tried to avoid being hit, Hill said.
Ickler died at the scene. The deputy’s name has not been released.
An investigation is continuing.
