Advisory
OSBI INVESTIGATING MURDER OF ALVA MAN
ALVA, Oklahoma (April 4, 2022) – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is assisting the Alva Police Department with an investigation into the murder of an Alva man.
Just after 10 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2022, the Woods County dispatch received a 9-1-1 call reporting a stabbing at 20 Locust Street in Alva. The Alva Police Department and Woods County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene and found 53-year-old Peter Lewis, of Alva, with several stab wounds. Lewis was taken to Share Medical Center in Alva where he was pronounced deceased.
Based on the initial investigation, agents learned that 19-year-old Keaton Smith of Alva stabbed Lewis multiple times outside the residence at 20 Locust Street after a verbal altercation between Smith and Lewis. Smith was initially detained at the scene by the Alva Police Department. OSBI Agents arrested Smith in the early morning hours of April 2, 2022, booking Smith into the Woods County Jail on the charge of Murder Second Degree.
The OSBI investigation is open and ongoing.
*** A photo of Smith is attached. ***
OSBI INVESTIGATING MURDER OF ALVA MAN 
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | CONTACT |
| Brook Arbeitman | |
| (405) 879-2591 | |
| [email protected] |
ALVA, Oklahoma (April 4, 2022) – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is assisting the Alva Police Department with an investigation into the murder of an Alva man.
Just after 10 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2022, the Woods County dispatch received a 9-1-1 call reporting a stabbing at 20 Locust Street in Alva. The Alva Police Department and Woods County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene and found 53-year-old Peter Lewis, of Alva, with several stab wounds. Lewis was taken to Share Medical Center in Alva where he was pronounced deceased.
Based on the initial investigation, agents learned that 19-year-old Keaton Smith of Alva stabbed Lewis multiple times outside the residence at 20 Locust Street after a verbal altercation between Smith and Lewis. Smith was initially detained at the scene by the Alva Police Department. OSBI Agents arrested Smith in the early morning hours of April 2, 2022, booking Smith into the Woods County Jail on the charge of Murder Second Degree.
The OSBI investigation is open and ongoing.
*** A photo of Smith is attached. ***
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Address/Location
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
6600 Harvey Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 405-879-2591
