Inmate charged with murder in deadly Shawnee County jail fight

Matthew Self
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TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Shawnee County inmate has been charged with murder in connection to a jail fight that left another inmate dead.

A spokeswoman with the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release that TreMarion E. Logan, 19, has been charged with murder in the second degree. He was previously charged with aggravated battery in connection to the death of fellow inmate Michael R. Kennedy, 41.

Kennedy was declared dead at a local hospital a few days after a reported fight at the Shawnee County Department of Corrections that involved Logan. He was declared dead on Feb. 16, 2024.

On Feb. 12, 2024 a deputy with the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office was sent to the Shawnee County Adult Detention Center at 501 SE Eighth Avenue to investigate a fight between two inmates. Earlier in the day, four inmates were being moved from one part of the jail to another when two of them, Kennedy and Logan, began fighting. It was reported that Kennedy was sitting down when Logan approached and began striking him.

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Garceran said Kennedy was taken to a local hospital for treatment after he appeared to be unresponsive. He was later put into a medically induced coma but, by Feb. 16, he was taken off life support and declared dead.

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