Fort Towson shooting between man, law officers ends in man's death
FORT TOWSON — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday that involved a trooper and a Choctaw County deputy at a bar just outside of town.
A release posted by the highway patrol just before 5 p.m. Saturday said the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a disturbance at Tommy's Bar at about 2:10 a.m. the same day.
A deputy and the trooper found someone believed to have been involved in the disturbance in a vehicle parked at the bar when they arrived, a release issued by the highway patrol stated.
That person was armed and was shot when gunfire was exchanged, it stated.
The deputy and trooper began life-saving measures and called for emergency medical services to assist. However, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Neither the deputy nor trooper were injured, the release stated.
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