MAYSVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a weekend police shooting in Garvin County that left an Arkansas man dead after a high-speed chase.
Maysville Police Chief Adam McMillen told Oklahoma television station KFOR on Tuesday, [July 19], that officers chased a burglary suspect who fled. The suspect rammed a police vehicle, then the man wouldn't drop a knife when ordered to by police after he crashed and left his SUV.
McMillen says 29-year-old Paul Chester of Springdale, Ark., was fatally shot on Saturday by Sgt. Steven Huffman.
Huffman is on paid leave during the investigation.
McMillen says officers tried to use a Taser on Chester, but the shot missed.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the shooting. A prosecutor will decide whether any charges should be filed.
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