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Lisa Hight

Age :

Gender : Female

Race : White

Date : 07/27/2021

Location : 1100 block of West Tennessee Avenue

City : Chickasha

County : Grady

State : Oklahoma

Agency : Chickasha Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 07/27/2021, Chickasha Police officers responded to a 911 call after family members reported that Lisa Hight was experiencing a suicidal mental health crisis and was armed with a handgun. Officers encountered Hight outside the residence before she retreated into the home. According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), Hight fired multiple shots from inside the residence during the standoff. At one point, officers reported that she raised the firearm toward them, and at least one officer fired. A short time later, officers heard another gunshot from inside the home. When officers entered the residence, they found Hight deceased.
The OSBI conducted the independent investigation. The Oklahoma medical examiner was responsible for determining the official cause and manner of death. Publicly available records do not indicate that the officers' identities were released, consistent with Oklahoma's practice of withholding officer names unless criminal charges are filed. No public announcement of criminal charges against any officer was located.
The publicly available record contains little additional information about Hight herself or the circumstances that led to the crisis beyond the initial emergency call. No public statements from family members advocating for policy changes, no reported wrongful death litigation, and no detailed prosecutorial findings explaining the resolution of the investigation were located. As a result, many questions about the police response, including the availability of crisis intervention or de-escalation measures before deadly force was used, remain unanswered in the public record.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.news9.com/story/6100b0a34694250be440396c/osbi%3A-armed-woman-dies-after-police-standoff-in-chickasha
https://kfor.com/news/local/oklahoma-man-identifies-woman-killed-in-chickasha-officer-involved-shooting/