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A district judge told Hector Escalante the citizens of Oklahoma City are "lucky to have you off the streets," before giving him a life sentence for ambushing Officer Katie Lawson.
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The incident started like a bad joke: "A black guy, a white guy, and an American Indian guy enter a restaurant..." But what happened when this diverse group walked into a Whataburger fast-food joint in Tulsa, Okla., shortly after 9 p.m. June 10, 1996, was not funny.
Read More →The city of Owasso, Okla., will buy 35 cameras from Seattle, Wash.-based Vievu. The city will spend about $31,500 for the cameras and roughly $13,500 for data storage, reports the Tulsa World.
Read More →Rayniqua Lashelle Poole, 18, faces a child neglect complaint relating to the incident. Her son is expected to fully recover and has been placed into state custody.
Read More →An off-duty Oklahoma City Police officer paralyzed when he tried to help escort rowdy patrons out of a bar will receive "on duty" benefits from the city, including having his medical bills paid and six months of one-the-job injury leave.
Read More →Capt. Paul Fields apparently violated the department's obedience policy, when he declined to send the officers because he said the order conflicted with his personal religious convictions and violated his civil rights.
Read More →Proposed laws in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas would bring new gun rights to students, teachers and others who attend college campuses.
Read More →Responding Bellevue police officers entered Club Jamay to treat an injured person and stop several fights, when revelers threw a bottle at one officer and kicked and punched a second.
Read More →Video surveillance cameras captured three arrestees discussing their ambush of Oklahoma City PD's Katie Lawson in Spanish in an interrogation room, while being recorded by cameras and watched by a bilingual detective.
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Lawson was driving her cruiser north on Miller Avenue following the stop, when a young Hispanic man walked toward her and opened fire. Several rounds struck the cruiser, penetrating the passenger-side door and hitting Lawson, who radioed dispatch that she had been hit, before exiting the vehicle and returning fire.
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