Oklahoma City, Okla. -- An Oklahoma state trooper fatally shot a
man who was involved in a fight with two troopers who were trying to
rescue him and another man from floodwaters, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
said Saturday.
The troopers responded to a
report of a stranded vehicle in Okmulgee County, about 20 miles south of
Tulsa, about 9:30 p.m. Friday. They found two men trying to remove a
vehicle from a roadway over which water was rising and moving quickly,
according to Capt. Paul Timmons.
"They were
trying to get them to come out of the water. They were worried about
them getting swept away," Timmons said. "(The men), for whatever reason,
were just really upset about having to leave the vehicle there."
At
least one man attacked a trooper after reaching dry land and was shot
and killed. It wasn't immediately known how many shots were fired or
whether one or both troopers shot.
"It's not real clear how it all transpired," according to Timmons.
Timmons
said a weapon was recovered from one of the suspects, but it wasn't
immediately known which man had the weapon or whether shots were fired
at the troopers.
The second man was arrested for assault and public intoxication, Timmons said. No names have been released.
Neither trooper was injured. And neither had been placed on leave as of Saturday afternoon.
"That's
been the practice of the agency when something like that occurs. I can
say it's probably a matter of time," before the troopers are placed on
leave, Timmons said.
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