TOPEKA POLICE OFFICERS FATALLY SHOOT MAN WHO WAS APPROACHING THEM WITH KNIFE
The officers shot Lowery 34 times after he rushed at them with a knife and socket wrench, Kagay said.
Lowery was under the influence of drugs when he was shot, Kagay said.
Five Topeka, Kansas, police officers will not be charged with any criminal wrongdoing for an October incident where they shot a suspect brandishing a knife.
Officers first encountered Lowery after his sister reported he was trying to force his way into a bedroom where she was barricaded inside her house, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
INDIANA POLICE SHOOT KNIFE-WIELDING MAN WHO CHARGED AT OFFICER
He waved a knife at officers before driving to the Kwik Shop. He was trying to carjack a vehicle when they told him to put down his weapon, the report said.
He was shot by two officers after he rushed toward them with a knife. Lowery "went down" but got back up, grabbed a socket wrench and began moving toward an officer before three other police officers shot him, the report said.
No one else was hurt.