MCPHERSON, Kan. – The Kansas Highway Patrol is helping investigate the fatal shooting of a suspect by McPherson police.

The McPherson Police Department said in a statement that the suspect “charged” at officers before being shot around 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Authorities said the confrontation took place after officers were called to investigate and hit-and-run accident the intersection of Maxwell and Kansas Avenue. The suspect vehicle was gone, but police found it abandoned in the 1900 block of South Maxwell near 15th Avenue and that the occupant was in the area.

Police say the suspect was found a short distance away and charged at a McPherson Police officer, who opened fire. The suspect was shot, then transported to McPherson Hospital where he was then pronounced dead.

He has been identified as 56-year-old Timothy Ronald Loyd, of Kanoplis, Kansas.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and McPherson County Sheriff’s Department are also investigating.

An 18-year-old victim of the hit and run was taken to McPherson Hospital in fair condition.

Anyone with other information pertaining to this incident is asked to contact McPherson Police at 620-245-1200, or McPherson County Crime Stoppers at 620- 241-1122.