A report is pending from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation into the officer-involved fatal shooting last month of a Foreman, Ark., man in McCurtain County, Okla.
The McCurtain County Sheriff's Office requested the OSBI to investigate the shooting of Devin Hawkins, 32. When the report is complete, it will be sent to District 17 Attorney Mark Matloff of Idabel, Okla., to determine if the shooting was justified.
"It will take a while to complete the report," Matloff said.
The shooting occurred April 30 when the McCurtain County Sheriff's Office received a call about a man walking down a road near Tom, Okla., with a gun threatening to kill people, according to Jessie Brown, OSBI spokeswoman.
When deputies arrived, Hawkins had allegedly run into a wooded area. While patroling the area, a deputy saw a pickup leaving a home on Jasper Hollow Road near the area where the suspect was seen, Brown said.
The deputy stopped the vehicle. The driver lived at the residence and told the deputy he was giving the passenger, whom he did not know, a ride. The deputy asked the passenger if he had a weapon. The man showed the deputy a gun in his waistband. The subject then grabbed the handgun and put it to his head. At this time, another deputy and McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy arrived on the scene, Brown said.
The deputies tried to get Hawkins to put down the gun and get out of the truck. He refused and pointed the gun at the sheriff, firing at least one time. The deputies then shot Hawkins, killing him. No one else was injured.