SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for an alleged assault on officers in Topeka.
Just before 10p.m. Wednesday, police were dispatched to the area of SE 25th and SE Indiana Street in Topeka in reference a subject walking in the middle of the street with a stick and attempting to strike vehicles traveling by him, according to Police Lt. Manuel Munoz.
While the officers were searching the area, dispatched received a call that the subject was in the back yard of 2401 SE Indiana. Officers made contact with the subject who walked away and refused to stop. The subject was armed with a stick in one hand and an axe in the other.
The subject later identified as 44-year-old Edward Thurman began swinging the axe in the air and began to walk towards the officers. As other officers began to arrive to assist, the Thurman threw the stick at one of the officers who was getting out of his patrol car; the stick missed the officer. Police eventually took Thurman into custody after less than lethal ammunitions were used.
EMS transported Thurman to a local hospital to be medically cleared. Once cleared, he was transported to Shawnee County Department of Corrections and booked on requested charges of Aggravated Assault on a law enforcement officer, Interference and Pedestrian on Roadway. No officers were injured, according to Munoz.