Death by Cop- 2022

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Johnny McHarold Higgins

Case # :537

Gender : Male

Age : 67

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/06/2022

Location : 710 E Chicago Ave

City : Yale

County : Payne

State : Oklahoma

Agency : Yale PD, Stillwater PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call

Disposition : No known charges

Open Records Summary :

Stillwater police and Yale ounty deputies arrived to a domestic violence call in which Johnny Higgins had dragged a woman by her hair. When police arrived, he locked himself inside of the home, holding his mother against her will. Police escalated a standoff, and brought their hostage negotiators, used teargas forced into the home until Higgins came to the door with a gun. Police shot and killed him.

Source Links :

https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/yale-standoff-ends-with-police-shooting-injuring-suspect/article_dafb233a-b609-11ec-9cb9-7705a91bf02e.html

http://www.dailymagazine.news/update-yale-incident-ends-with-suspect-injured-in-officer-involved-shooting-nid-1849011.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/yale-incident-ends-suspect-injured-035900494.html

https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/yale-standoff-ends-with-police-shooting-injuring-suspect/article_dafb233a-b609-11ec-9cb9-7705a91bf02e.html