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Identity Of Trooper Killer Confirmed In Topeka
The slayer of Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper James Thornton is identified as Edward E. Mitchell Jr. of Ithaca New York By Topeka Police Chief Harlin McEwen Mitchell was fatally shot by Topeka police while fleeing after killing the trooper McEwen says the same .32 caliber pistol used to shoot Mitchells father in Cayuga Heights New York last Sunday was used in the trooper slaying Mitchell also had a carbine and a luger in a duffle bag and took the patrol car after the shooting police pursued and surrounded the car after a crash at a city intersection
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
James Thornton
Ithaca
N.Y
Tothaca
Harlin McEwen
Edward E. Mitchell Jr
Mitchell
Thornton
East Topeka
Kansas Turnpike
McEwen
Edward E. Mitchell Sr
Cayuga Heights
Fred Howard
Kansas Bureau of Investigation