Jason Eugene Harwood, a 40-year-old White male, was a Corporal with the Topeka Police Department who was killed in the line of duty on September 7, 2014. On that Sunday afternoon, at approximately 4:45 p.m., Harwood conducted a traffic stop in the 3200 block of SE Sixth Avenue in east Topeka. During the stop, an occupant of the vehicle opened fire, fatally wounding the 15-year veteran of the police force. Harwood, a decorated officer who had served in the hit-and-run and K-9 units, was transport
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