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*** The following update is based on an active and ongoing investigation. The OSBI's initial understanding of the facts and circumstances may evolve over the course of the investigation as witnesses are interviewed and evidence is collected and analyzed.
 
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PONCA CITY, Oklahoma (June 21, 2022) – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is investigating an officer-involved-shooting in Ponca City. Based on the initial investigation, this is what is known at this time:

• At 7:15 p.m. last night, a clerk at a liquor store at 2005 N. 14^th Street in Ponca City called police to report a theft.
• An unidentified white male entered the store, stole some alcohol and left on foot.
• Officers responded and pursued the man about a mile from the liquor store.
• The man is seen with a gun in the middle of the street.
• He encounters a female driving her car down the same street.
• He forces the woman out and car jacks the vehicle.
• Officers pursue the man, who returns to the strip mall where the original theft took place.
• He drove the vehicle through the grassy field behind the strip mall and abandoned the vehicle near some woods, taking off on foot again.
• Officers pursued the man into the woods.
• The man turned around and appeared to have a gun.
• Officers fired at the man, who was killed at the scene.
• The Medical Examiner transported him to their office to determine his identity.
• A weapon was recovered during the initial investigation by the OSBI.