Overview
- Officers answering a welfare check near Wister were fired on Sunday around 11 a.m., triggering hours of gunfire before a suspect surrendered near 4 p.m.
- A LeFlore County deputy died at the scene and a Wister police officer was taken to a hospital in stable condition, according to state investigators.
- Authorities identified the suspect as 36-year-old Edgar Lara, who was treated for minor injuries and booked into the LeFlore County Jail as formal charges are prepared.
- The sheriff’s office named the fallen deputy as Thomas “Walker” LeMay and invited tributes, placing his patrol vehicle on the LeFlore County courthouse lawn.
- OSBI says no one else is at large and is leading the review of motive and potential charges after a response that included the sheriff’s office, Wister police, and the U.S. Forest Service.