Charles Balocca, a 61-year-old White man, was found with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead in the late morning of May 24, 2024, on the 100 block of NW U.S. 24 Highway in Topeka, Kansas. Emergency services arrived shortly before 11:00 a.m. after a report of a person with a gunshot injury. The Topeka Police Department opened a homicide investigation; the shooting was reported as the city’s sixth homicide of the year.

Authorities have not released a motive or detailed sequence of events leading to the shooting, and the investigation remains active. If anyone has information about Charles Balocca or the circumstances of his death, please contact the Topeka Police Department.