Man shot, hurt by Oklahoma police after firing rifle, gun

 

August 29, 2021



MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — Authorities on Sunday continued investigating the non-fatal shooting of a man by suburban Oklahoma City police after he had allegedly been firing a rifle and handgun while walking down a street.

Midwest City police officers who had responded to a shooting near a mall Friday morning found the man walking along a sidewalk and holding a rifle, according to investigators.

Witnesses told police the man had fired the rifle several times into the air.

Police say officers tried to get the man to drop the rifle, but he refused and continued to fire.

KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City r...



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