Christopher F. Ray, 32, of Topeka, was arrested Wednesday in connection with Tuesday's fatal shooting in the 900 block of S.W. 17th of Troy Shepard, 55, of Topeka, police said.

Ray was being held in connection with first-degree murder, said Topeka police Lt. Donna Eubanks. Formal charges hadn't been filed.

Eubanks said Topeka police were called just after 3:15 p.m. Tuesday to the shooting scene, where they found Shepard suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound.

Shepard was taken by ambulance to a Topeka hospital, where he later died, Eubanks said.

Eubanks asked anyone with information about the crime to email telltpd@topeka.org or call the Topeka police criminal investigation bureau at 785-368-9400. Anonymous tips may be made online at www.p3tips.com/128 or by calling Shawnee County Crime Stoppers at 785-234-0007.

Tuesday's homicide was Topeka's second this week and 14th this year.

Contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934.

This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Arrest made in fatal central Topeka shooting of Troy Shepard, 55