A grim record was set Saturday night when three law enforcement officers were shot in Topeka as they tried to serve an arrest warrant on Orlando J. Collins, 28.
Three is the largest number of officers wounded at one time in the city's history, two past police chiefs and a sheriff said Monday.
Federal fugitive task force members were trying to arrest armed robbery suspect Orlando J. Collins, 28, at the Country Club Motel when they came under fire as they approached a motel room, FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said Monday.