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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1590057291594.png" alt="Dickey photo Shawnee County. He has previous convictions for theft, burglary and criminal threat, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections" />
 <figcaption>Dickey photo Shawnee County. He has previous convictions for theft, burglary and criminal threat, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections</figcaption>
 </figure>SHAWNEE COUNTY&nbsp; – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Wednesday morning shooting in Topeka and have made an arrest.Just after 2:00 am, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a possible shooting in the 100 block of NE Coachlight Drive, according to Lt. Matt Danielson.Officers arrived on scene and located a victim later identified as&nbsp;47-year-old Royal T. St. Clair of Topeka&nbsp; in a home that had been shot. Medical personnel arrived and transported him to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1589971183355.png" alt="Police on the scene of the shooting investigation early Wednesday photo courtesy WIBW TV" />
 <figcaption>Police on the scene of the shooting investigation early Wednesday photo courtesy WIBW TV</figcaption>
 </figure>On Wednesday afternoon, police took a person of interest in the shooting investigation&nbsp; into custody in the 400 block of SE Rice Road.After questioning, police arrested&nbsp; 24 year-old Austin J. Dickey on requested charges of&nbsp; aggravated battery and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon. St. Clair remains in critical but stable condition at an area hospital, according to police spokesperson Gretchen Koenen.------SHAWNEE COUNTY&nbsp; – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Wednesday morning shooting in Topeka.Just after 2:00 am, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a possible shooting in the 100 block of NE Coachlight Drive, according to Lt. Matt Danielson.Officers arrived on scene and located a victim in a home that had been shot. Medical personnel arrived and transported that victim to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.Police released no additional details including the victim's name.

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