Machete wielding suspect fatally shot by OKCPD officers after failed less-lethal attempts

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Oklahoma City, OK - The shooting happened around 4 a.m. near Northwest Sixth Street and Council Road, and the suspect was connected to a call police responded to earlier in the morning.

“The suspect refused to drop the machete. They attempted several less-lethal tactics which did not work,” Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said. “At one point, the suspect did present a threat to the officers and came towards the officers. Three officers discharged their firearms, striking that suspect.”

Around 2 a.m., police received a call about an assault with a deadly weapon, but a suspect was nowhere to be found. The victim in that incident was taken to a hospital with a cut to their hand.

“Officers were called out to this area earlier this morning in reference to a man who attacked another person with a machete,” Littlejohn said.

Not too long later, police got another call to the same area. This time, it was about a machete-wielding man. Police said he was the same suspect in the assault from earlier in the morning.

“The suspect had come back to the location, and another person had called 911 letting officers know that that suspect had returned and still had a machete,” Littlejohn said.

Police said those officers saw a real danger coming their way.

“Tried to get him to drop the machete and comply,” Littlejohn said.

Police said not say how many times officers shot the suspect, who was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead.