Jury finds man guilty of killing Topeka 17-year-old in 2023
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A man accused of shooting and killing a 17-year-old in Topeka in 2023 was found guilty Friday.
Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said in a press release on March 21 that Joshua M. Mitchiner was found guilty during a jury trial. This comes after he was accused of killing Victor N. Carlton, 17, in 2023. He was found guilty of the following:
- Murder in the first degree.
- Murder in the second degree; intentional.
- Murder in the second degree; reckless.
- Aggravated robbery.
- Eight counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
Police were called around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 10, 2023 to the 2000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue on reports of a shooting. Officers found one person, later identified as Carlton, with a life-threatening gunshot wound to the chest at the scene who was declared dead by medical personnel.
The Topeka Police Department later arrested Mitchiner, 17 at the time, in connection to Carlton's death. This marked the 27th homicide investigation of 2023.
The Shawnee County District Attorney's Office charged Mitchiner in April 2024 for numerous crimes related to Carlton's death. These included:
- Murder in the first degree; intentionally dangerous felony
- Murder in the second degree; reckless
- Aggravated robbery; bodily harm
- Murder in the first degree; premeditation
- Murder in the second degree; intentional
- Eight counts of sexual exploitation of a child; visual depiction of a child under 18
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