SHAWNEE COUNTY—Police investigating a shooting that left two dead in Topeka have identified the victim as 76-year-old as Melvin Gerstenkorn and the deceased suspect is identified as 51-year-old Dallas Dehart both are from Topeka.
Just before 8:30p.m. Nov. 23, police responded to report of a shooting at McDonalds restaurant in the 1200 block of SW Gage Boulevard in Topeka, according to Topeka Police LT Jayme Green.
At the scene, first responders located Gerstenkorn and Dehart who were deceased. EMS transported a third victim identified as a 22-year-old man to a hospital with life-threatening injuries
On Nov. 26, police reported they were investigating this incident as a murder-suicide. Gerstenkorn died from apparent gunshot wound. The 22-year-old had a life-threatening gunshot injury and remains hospitalized, according to a statement from police on Tuesday.
Dehart died from what appears to have been a self-inflicted gunshot wound.