OKC police officer shoots, kills man during confrontation while trying to serve warrant
Police shot and killed a 40-year-old man during what they described as a "confrontation" while trying to serve a warrant in a southeast Oklahoma City neighborhood.
Shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday, June 4, detectives with the Oklahoma City Police Department were serving a sex-crimes search warrant at a home in the 5200 block of Evanbrook Terrace. Police said the suspect, Jose Antonio Martinez, had been wanted by investigators for over a week on allegations of first-degree rape and forcible oral sodomy.
According to a redacted report from an arresting officer, as police attempted to conduct the search warrant, Martinez exited the house and fled southbound on foot. The report also states that "an officer later confronted (Martinez) in an open field north of the house."
That officer, Sgt. Justin Kuehn, found Martinez after the suspect "had thrown his firearm over a fence and was attempting to retrieve it," according to a news release.
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Police also said Kuehn ordered Martinez to stop, but Martinez ignored Kuehn's commands and reached down to pick up the firearm, according to the news release.
The accompanying officer's police report said that Kuehn then fired his service weapon, striking and killing Martinez. Portions of the officer's report that were not redacted, however, did not mention Martinez having a gun.
When asked why the police report was redacted, Sgt. Dillon Quirk, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City Police Department, said the agency "redacts according to what (it) must release." He also said that an incident report from one officer doesn't always contain all of the information regarding a situation and that further supplemental reports from other officers with different responsibilities contribute to an investigation.
Police said Martinez had been accused of raping a juvenile and an adult. Quirk also said Kuehn, who has seven years of service, was still on routine administrative leave and the shooting was still under investigation as of Monday, June 9.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Police officer shoots, kills man in southeast OKC confrontation
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