TOPEKA (KSNT) – A man accused of killing one person and injuring another in an Oakland shooting last year has accepted a plea agreement Friday.
Court records show that Dalton W. Thompson, 29, of Topeka, has accepted a plea agreement. Law enforcement accused Thompson of killing Joseph L. Kaberline, 37, in September last year and seriously injuring another man in a shooting that occurred in the Oakland neighborhood.
Thompson pleaded guilty to an amended charge of murder in the 2nd degree along with attempted murder in the first degree on Oct. 16. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 23.
Dalton W. Thompson’s mugshot. (Photo Courtesy/Shawnee County Department of Corrections)
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Topeka police responded to reports of a shooting around 4:45 p.m. on Sept. 4, 2025, in the 1000 block of Northeast Poplar Street. Law enforcement arriving in the area found two men suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds.
Medical personnel declared one of the gunshot victims, identified as Kaberline, dead at the scene. First responders took the other gunshot victim to a local hospital.
Police arrested Thompson shortly after the shooting. Prosecutors filed charges against him on Sept. 9, 2025.
Thompson pleaded not guilty to his charges in January this year, with a jury trial scheduled to begin next week. However, the trial was cancelled after the plea agreement was reached on Oct. 16.
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