UPDATE 8:39 am:  The suspect in the fatal shooting of two Topeka Police officers was killed after a shootout with KBI officers at a Topeka residence. The suspect was transported to a hospital where he later died.

UPDATE: A nearly two-hour standoff at a house in Topeka ended with police removing a man who was thought to be the suspect in the shooting deaths of two police officers.

KMBC-TV showed officers surrounding the home early Monday. The TV station reports that officers yelled the suspect’s name.

Officers have been hunting for a 22-year-old man who is suspected in the killing of two Topeka police officers Sunday night.

Early Monday, officers lobbed tear gas into the home, several apparent gunshots rang out and a police dog dragged something from the house. Reporters said a man who was not moving was removed from the building.

Several officers then entered the house and an ambulance drove away.

 

ORIGINAL Sunday 8:22 PM: Authorities say two Topeka police officers have been killed in a shooting outside a grocery store.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the officers were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle.

Police Lt. Ron Gish says the officers arrived to the scene outside the grocery store Sunday evening in two separate vehicles.

A third officer who was also there was not injured.

The officers exchanged gunfire with a man described as being 22 years old and in a 1999 silver Toyota Camry.

UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as 22-year-old, David Edward Tiscareno, of Topeka. His vehicle is described as a 1999 silver Toyota Camry and he is believed armed and dangerous. The KHP is assisting with the search for Tiscareno.

Police have surrounded a house where the shooting suspect may be hiding.