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December
Date: Dec. 27
Location: Anadarko
Department(s) involved: Anadarko Police Department, Verden Police Department, Caddo County Sheriff’s Office, Grady County Sheriff’s Office and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP).
Shot: Garrick Boyiddle, 33
Race: Department of Corrections records identify Boyiddle as American Indian.
Fatal: No.
Armed: Unknown.
Details: The Oklahoma State Bureau of Information said officers from multiple agencies were pursuing a vehicle when the vehicle stopped and a woman and child exited. A male driver stayed in the vehicle and was shot following what OSBI termed was “an altercation.” Boyiddle was wanted in connection to a previous shooting.
Date: Dec. 5
Location: Lawton
Department(s) involved: Lawton Police Department
Shot: Quadry Sanders, 29.
Race: Black
Fatal: Yes
Armed: When authorities announced that the officers who killed Sanders were charged with a crime, reports stated Sanders did not have a gun on him when he was killed. An attorney for the officers said a gun was found inside the home on a table. In calls to 911 made in the lead up to the shooting, a woman told police Sanders was in the home with a handgun and was violating a protective order.
Details: In 911 calls released to KSWO, authorities were told by a woman that Sanders was in her home with a handgun, in violation of a protective order. KSWO reported there were four phone calls made in the 24 hours prior to the shooting from that woman about Sanders. Lawton police have only said that Sanders exited the home when police arrived, then returned inside, before coming back out where a “confrontation” ensued. Police then shot and killed Sanders. UPDATE: According to reports, the two officers who shot Sanders, Nathan Ronan and Robert Hinkle, were fired after an internal investigation determined the “actions of these officers were not in conformance with the Lawton Police Department’s well established training protocols, policies, practices, customs or procedures,” according to a statement released by the City of Lawton. The officers were charged with first-degree manslaughter in May 2022.
November
Date: Nov. 24
Location: Oklahoma City
Department(s) involved: Oklahoma City Police Department
Shot: Twaun Jackson, 22.
Race: Black
Fatal: No
Armed: Yes.
Details: Body camera footage released to KFOR shows officers arrive at a home near S.W. 84th street and Western in Oklahoma, after they said they received a call from Jackson in which he stated “I want you to try and stop me from killing everybody in here.” The video shows Jackson exit a garage and fire a gun. He’s then shot by officers who eventually give him medical treatment. Jackson, who survived, was charged in early December with two counts of shooting with intent to kill.
Date: Nov. 8
Location: Durant
Department(s) involved: Durant Police Department
Shot: Blake Adair
Race: White.
Fatal: No.
Armed: Yes. The FBI said he had “a weapon.”
Details: The FBI told KXII they are investigating the shooting. Authorities have only said that Durant police responded to a domestic violence call, and pursued the suspect after he fled the scene. The man allegedly drove over a spike strip and was shot by an officer who felt “in danger.”
Date: Nov. 6
Location: Tulsa
Department(s) involved: Tulsa Police Department.
Shot: The person’s identity has not been released.
Race: The person’s race has not been released.
Fatal: Police said the man was hospitalized but had been stabilized.
Armed: Police said the man had a machete.
Details: Tulsa Police said they received a call from first responders after a pickup truck crashed into a house. Officers arrived and found a man with an ice pick who appeared to be under the influence, they said in a release. Police said the man later grabbed a knife and ordered them to leave. While officers were talking with a neighbor, they said the man approached them with a machete and was shot by officers.
Date: Nov. 4
Location: Tulsa
Department(s) involved: Tulsa Police Department
Shot: The man’s name has not been released.
Race: Not yet released.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Police said the man had a knife.
Details: Authorities told NewsOn6 a man with a knife entered a convenience store at 31st Street and Sheridan Road and confronted a store manager. The man left the store, police said, then allegedly took a man hostage. The suspect was then shot and killed by Tulsa police.
October
Date: Oct. 13
Location: Geary
Department(s) involved: Geary Police Department
Shot: The person has only been described as a 46-year-old man.
Race: Not yet released.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Police said the man had a knife.Details: Authorities told News9 an officer with the Geary Police Department was talking to a man who was holding a knife, when an off duty officer stopped to assist. The man would not drop the knife, police said, and allegedly “lunged” at one of the officers and was shot. He died, police said, before medics arrived.
September
Date: Sept. 15
Location: Davis
Department(s) involved: Davis Police Department
Shot: Christopher George, 25.
Race: White
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Yes. Police have said George had taken an officer’s handgun.Details: The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said authorities were called to a disturbance and a struggle took place between George and an officer. George allegedly took the officer’s gun, fired at another officer, and then was shot and killed. George had four children, according to KFOR, and struggled with mental health issues.
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 1
Location: Lawton
Department(s) involved: Lawton Police Department.
Shot: Samuel Flores.
Race: Police have not released the man’s race.
Fatal: Flores was taken to the hospital and later charged with a crime.
Armed: Flores reportedly had a machete.
Details: So far police have only said they were responding to a domestic disturbance in Lawton when Flores and an officer got in an altercation. Flores was reportedly holding a machete and officers had been told he had attacked a woman inside the home. Flores was shot by police but no details have yet been released.
August
Date: Saturday, Aug. 28
Location: Arkoma
Department(s) involved: Arkoma Police
Shot:Unreleased
Race: Unreleased
Fatal: Yes
Armed: No.
Details: The man who was killed allegedly stole a vehicle in Arkansas, traveled to Oklahoma and got in a pursuit with officers. He was killed after allegedly ramming police vehicles with the stolen truck.
Date: Friday, Aug. 27
Location: Midwest City
Department(s) involved: Midwest City Police Department.
Shot: The man who was shot has not yet had his identity released.
Race: Black.
Fatal: No.
Armed: Yes. The man was seen on cell phone video walking through a parking lot and firing a long-barrel rifle into the air.
Details: The man, whose identity has not yet been released, was firing a long-barrelled rifle in the air. He was shot once by an officer, dropped his firearm, then was shot again by a different officer after reaching for his firearm.
Date: Wednesday, Aug. 19
Location: Edmond.
Department(s) involved: Edmond Police Department.
Shot: Carrington Scott, 36.
Race: Black.
Fatal: No.
Armed: Yes, officers told News9 that Scott wore “body armor” and fired multiple rounds from a rifle.
Details: Police have said they spoke with a man who said that Scott fired a gun at him. When officers arrived at Scott’s residence to speak with him, he was shooting the rifle inside the home, police said. An officer shot Scott after he exited the home, still firing the gun, Edmond Police told reporters. Scott’s family has said he suffers from mental illness.
July
Date: Wednesday, July 28
Location: Near Marlow, in Stephens County.
Department(s) involved: Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police.
Shot: Matthew Davis, 38.
Race: White.
Fatal: No.
Armed: No.
Details: The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations reported that Davis was driving a vehicle that was stopped by the Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police near Marlow. Davis and an officer reportedly “had an altercation,” that ended with the officer firing his gun. Davis reportedly then re-entered the vehicle and drove away. He was later located in Loco, Oklahoma, a small town southeast of Duncan. The officer was identified in court records as Michael Bobbitt.
Date: Thursday, July 22
Location: 300 Block of West Maple, in Duncan.
Department(s) involved: Duncan Police.
Shot: Shawn Tillison.
Race: White
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Tillison had a gun.
Details: The OSBI said officers went to the home for a domestic violence call, and saw Tillison pointing the firearm in the air. He eventually pointed the firearm at them, they said, at which point he was shot and killed by officers.
Date: Saturday, July 10
Location: Near East Third Street and South Elgin Avenue, in downtown Tulsa.
Department(s) involved: Tulsa Police Department.
Shot: Cerrion Brown.
Race: Black.
Fatal: No.
Armed: No.
Details: The department has only said that an officer shot Brown in the leg after Brown allegedly struck a police vehicle. Brown allegedly tried to flee after being shot, police said, but was apprehended.
June
Date: Sunday, June 6
Location: Near north Peoria Avenue and East Pine Street in Tulsa.
Department(s) involved: Tulsa Police Department
Shot: Tulsa police have only said that the person their officers killed was male.
Race: Unknown.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Yes. The man allegedly exited his home with a firearm before being shot and killed by a police officer.
Details: Police have said they arrived at the home after receiving reports of gunfire. A standoff ensued with an armed man who holed himself up inside a home, police said. The man exited the home and allegedly pointed his gun at officers before being shot and killed by a police sniper.
Date: Wednesday, June 2
Location: Bryan County.
Department(s) involved: U.S. Marshals, Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Shot: No information has been released about the person who was shot.
Race: Unknown.
Fatal: Yes
Armed: Unknown.
Details: Little information has been released about the shooting. The person who was shot was only described by law enforcement as a “suspect.” The person allegedly was the center of a manhunt, and was tracked to a boat ramp in the Willaga Woods public use area before being shot and killed.
Date: Tuesday, June 1
Location: Near East Pine Street and Yale Avenue in Tulsa.
Department(s) involved: Tulsa Police Department
Shot: Tulsa police have only identified the person who was shot as a female in her 60s.
Race: Unknown.
Fatal: No.
Armed: Police have said the woman had a baseball bat.
Details: Police have said the woman was threatening neighbors and yelling racial slurs. She “was being very aggressive,” a police spokesman said. Officers shot her when she approached them and would not drop the bat. She suffered non-fatal wounds.
May
Date: Sunday, May 30
Location: Antlers, in Pushmataha County.
Department(s) involved: Pushmataha County Sheriff’s Office.
Shot: Hank Miller, 48.
Race: White.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Miller allegedly hit a deputy with his vehicle.
Details: The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Miller fled from a traffic stop and allegedly hit a deputy with his car before being shot and killed by another deputy.
Date: Sunday, May 16
Location: Savannah Landing apartments, 61st Street and Peoria Avenue, Tulsa.
Department(s) involved: Tulsa Police Department
Shot: Edward Madden, 29.
Race: Black
Fatal: No.
Armed: Yes. Madden allegedly pointed a firearm at a contractor at an apartment complex in an apartment complex near 61st Street and Peoria Avenue.
Details: Police have said Madden pointed a gun at a man, then fired at officers who arrived at the complex. Madden was shot, but survived and was hospitalized.
Date: Thursday, May 13
Location: Skiatook
Department(s) involved: Skiatook Police Department
Shot: Name not released
Race: American Indian
Fatal: No
Armed: Unknown
Details: No details released.
Date: Saturday, May 8
Location: Oklahoma City
Department(s) involved: Oklahoma City Police Department
Shot: Daniel Hobbs, 34.
Race: White
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: No.
Details: Oklahoma City Police have said Officer Daniel Lopez encountered Lopez after police were notified of a possible violation of a protective order (court records do not show a protective order against Hobbs.) Hobbs told the officer he was schizophrenic, a body camera recording that was released by the department shows. Hobbs and Lopez began to wrestle, at which point Lopez’s body camera shut off. A neighbor recorded the shooting, in which Lopez shot Hobbs from close range while the two were on the ground. Lopez said Hobbs was reaching for his Taser.
Date: Saturday, May 1
Location: Martin Luther King Boulevard at N.E. 52nd Street, Oklahoma City
Department(s) involved: Oklahoma City Police Department
Shot: Quinton Edward Pace, 37.
Race: Black.
Fatal: No.
Armed: Yes, with a gun.
Details: Oklahoma City Police said Pace drove a vehicle into the squad car driven by Officer Samuel Flowers, then struck the squad car again multiple times. Pace then exited the vehicle and began firing at Flowers, police said. Flowers returned fire and struck Pace, who was treated for a non-life threatening wound and later booked into jail.
April
Date: Saturday, April 24.
Location: Webbers Falls.
Department(s) involved: Webbers Falls Police Department
Shot: Benjamin Ridley, 29.
Race: White.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Police initially said Ridley was armed with a handgun.
Details: No information about what led to the shooting has been released. Ridley had outstanding warrants according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Date: Monday, April 5
Location: 100 block of Nixon Drive in Anadarko.
Department(s) involved: Anadarko Police Department
Shot: Silas Lambert, 25.
Race: White.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Yes. Police said Lambert shot an officer before being killed by return fire.
Details: According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Anadarko officers responding to an overdose call were attempting to revive a person who had reportedly overdosed on drugs when Lambert began to fire at them. One officer was shot, the OSBI said, but the wounds were not considered life threatening. The officers returned fire and killed Lambert.
March
Date: Saturday, March 27
Location: Oklahoma County Jail in Oklahoma City.
Department(s) involved: Oklahoma City Police Department. The department identified its officers as Lt. Coy Gilbert and Officer Kevin Kuhlman.
Shot: Curtis Montrell Williams, 35.
Race: Black.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Police have said Williams was holding a “makeshift weapon” to the throat of a detention officer when he was shot and killed.Details: Inmates on the 10th floor of the Oklahoma County Jail, a notoriously understaffed and unsafe facility, took a detention officer hostage and broadcast video of the hostage and their demands on Facebook Live with use of a cell phone taken from the detention officer. Inmates said their cells were covered in mold, they had not had showers in weeks, they had no running water and their toilets did not work. Police officers entered the 10th floor and shot and killed Williams, who they said was holding a shiv to the throat of a detention officer.
February
Date: Sunday, Feb. 28
Location: Muskogee
Department(s) involved: Muskogee Police Department. Four MPD officers were put on leave, though the department has not said if they’ve determined which officer was responsible for the shooting. The officers included — James Folsom, Shawn Brown, B.J. Hudson, Evan Hendricks.
Shot: Farrah Rauch, 17
Race: White.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Muskogee police said that Rauch fired a handgun at officers during a pursuit.
Details: Rauch and Joseph Dugan, 17, were reportedly involved in a multi-state crime spree before stealing a vehicle in Muskogee, leading to the pursuit. Officers said they later found the vehicle hidden in the woods and as they approached, Dugan shot and killed himself. Police said they shot and killed Rauch, 17, after she pointed a gun at officers.
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 24
Location: Vici, a small town near the panhandle about 20 miles south of Woodward.
Department(s) involved: Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The names of the troopers involved have not been released.
Shot: Michael Richard Stambaugh, 39.
Race: White.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Yes. Authorities said Stambaugh approached troopers with a firearm.
Details: Authorities said Stambaugh, who had a warrant for his arrest for sexual abuse of a child, was involved in a brief standoff with troopers. He was shot and killed after reportedly exiting a home while armed with a firearm.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 4
Location: Oklahoma City, near N.W. 16th and MacArthur Blvd.
Department(s) involved: Oklahoma City Police Department. The department identified the officer involved as Gerald Ritter III.
Shot: Tilford Barton, 30.
Race: White.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Yes. Police said Barton fired at an officer.
Details: Police said Barton fired at Ritter, who returned fire, killing Barton, who had a history of mental illness.
January
Date: Sunday, Jan. 31
Location: Idabel.
Department(s) involved: McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office. Three deputies, whose identities have not been released, were placed on routine leave following the shooting.
Shot: Franklin Gray, 39.
Race: White.
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: No. But authorities said Gray was shot while trying to take a deputy’s firearm.
Details: Authorities said deputies received a report that Gray was involved in a domestic disturbance with his mother. When they arrived, they said Gray began to fight with them. He was shot, they said, after attempting to take a deputy’s firearm.
Date: Saturday, Jan. 23
Location: Oklahoma City, near the 4900 block of North Missouri Avenue.
Department(s) involved: Oklahoma City Police. The department identified the officer involved as Braden Downs.
Shot: Joel Lewis, 63.
Race: Black.
Fatal: No.
Armed: Yes. Police said Lewis shot Downs, who was wearing a bulletproof vest.
Details: Police said they were responding to a domestic disturbance when Lewis pulled out a handgun and shot Downs in the chest. Lewis was shot in the leg in return fire, and was later arrested and hospitalized.
Date: Sunday, Jan. 17
Location: Lawton.
Department(s) involved: Lawton Police Department. The department has not identified the officers involved.
Shot: Zonterious Johnson, 24.
Race: Black
Fatal: Yes.
Armed: Police said Johnson was shot and killed as he pointed a firearm at officers.
Details: Lawton Police said they were conducting a “compliance check” at a local club, the “Lavish Lounge,” when they heard gunshots coming from outside. Police said officers exited the building, saw Johnson pointing a firearm at them, then shot and killed him.
