Topeka Robbery Suspect Dies After Highway Chase

Anthony Marshall Jr., 47, was identified as the suspect in the May 12 armed robbery of Equity Bank in southwest Topeka, where no injuries were reported. Following the robbery, Marshall was charged in a federal criminal complaint and led law enforcement—including local police, sheriff's departments, the Kansas Highway Patrol, and the FBI—on a high-speed chase across north-central Kansas. The pursuit ended when officers deployed stop sticks, causing Marshall's vehicle to crash into a ditch off K-4 Highway. Marshall then suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and was transported to Salina Regional Health Center, where he was pronounced dead. This was the second robbery at this Equity Bank location in 2025. Authorities have not indicated any link between the robbery and a separate fatal shooting that occurred the same morning in Topeka.