TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A homeless man has been charged with killing another man behind a Topeka gas station.
The Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/2s2Ke9M ) reports that 41-year-old Jason Hottman was charged Thursday with second-degree murder in the killing 34-year-old Jason Baker. Police found Baker bleeding and unresponsive June 2 behind the Haag’s Express gas station in the western part of the city.
Police said that on June 4, Hottman jumped off a bridge onto Interstate 70. He sustained injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
The prosecutor’s office didn’t immediately return an email message asking whether Hottman has an attorney.
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