SHAWNEE COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are investigating a suspect in connect with a weekend road rage killing.

On Tuesday, Daniel Alan Askew, 27, Topeka, was arrested in connection with Saturday’s shooting death, according to a media release.

Just after 12:30 a.m. on Saturday officers with Topeka police responded to a local hospital after report of a gunshot victim who had arrived by personal vehicle, according to a media release.

The victim, Michael Sadler, 28, Topeka, was suffering from critical injuries and died, according to police. They say Sadler was a passenger in a vehicle traveling near the intersection of SW 29th and SW Burlingame Road, and became involved in a road rage argument.

The involved parties did not know each other prior to the incident, according to police.

Askew was booked into the Shawnee County jail for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.