TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Topeka man won’t be facing a murder charge following a fight earlier this month that killed another man.
The Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/2pTAKNS ) reports that 40-year-old Michael Stephen Murphy was released from Shawnee County Jail Tuesday after posting a $10,000 bond for a single charge of a felon in possession of a firearm.
Murphy’s original bond when booked May 10 was $1 million and included second-degree murder and weapons charges.
Police say they responded to a disturbance call reported as a fight on May 9, where they found 39-year-old Reginald A. Moten II suffering from head trauma. Moten died after being taken to a local hospital. Murphy was then taken for interviewing at the Law Enforcement Center.
Police say Moten and Murphy knew each other.
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Information from: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, https://www.cjonline.com
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