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Dedrick Max Bloss

Age : 46

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/17/2025

Location : INTEGRIS Health Enid Hospital, West Owen K. Garriott Road and South Van Buren Street

City : Enid

County : Garfield

State : Oklahoma

Agency : Enid Police Department, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/17/2025, Enid police officers shot and killed 46-year-old Dedrick Max Bloss inside INTEGRIS Health Enid Hospital after police alleged that Bloss fired at officers outside the hospital, entered the building and fatally shot 72-year-old hospital Public Safety Officer J.W. Bode. Bloss was born on 02/22/1979.
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The encounter began shortly before 11:00 p.m. when Enid police responded to a domestic disturbance near East Walnut Avenue and North 12th Street. Later reporting established that the incident occurred at the home of Bloss's ex-wife. Neighbors reported seeing her injured outside the residence before she was taken away by ambulance.
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Police identified Bloss in connection with the domestic incident but did not find him at the residence. Officers subsequently located his vehicle outside INTEGRIS Health Enid Hospital on West Owen K. Garriott Road.
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According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Enid officers attempted to contact Bloss outside the hospital. Police alleged that Bloss opened fire at the officers, with gunfire striking at least one police vehicle, and then entered the hospital.
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OSBI reported that Bloss continued firing after entering the hospital. Inside, he encountered 72-year-old J.W. Bode, a hospital public safety officer. Bode approached Bloss and was fatally shot.
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Bode was a retired Oklahoma probation and parole officer who had worked in hospital security for five years. He was the father of three adult children and a grandfather. Friends and family described his decision to confront the armed man as characteristic of his concern for other people.
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Enid police officers followed Bloss into the hospital. According to OSBI, officers subsequently encountered him inside and opened fire, killing him. No other people were reported shot during the incident.
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The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation assumed responsibility for investigating the police shooting at the Enid Police Department's request. Other agencies responding to the incident included the Garfield County Sheriff's Office, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Lahoma Police Department, North Enid Police Department, Waukomis Police Department and Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.
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Later court-record reporting revealed substantial additional information about the domestic-violence history preceding the hospital shooting. Bloss had been arrested at least nine times, with allegations or charges over the years including burglary, assault and battery and threatening acts of violence. Five protective orders had been filed against him, including two sought by his ex-wife.
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Bloss also had an unusually long documented history involving law enforcement. In April 2002, he and three other prisoners escaped from the Logan County Jail by breaking through a ceiling and wall and exiting through an air-conditioning duct. Bloss and another escapee were located later that day at an Enid apartment. They surrendered after the Enid Police Department SWAT team entered the building.
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Federal court records additionally document that Bloss was incarcerated at the Davis Correctional Facility in 2011. In litigation concerning an inmate assault there, the federal court's statement of undisputed facts identified Bloss and another prisoner as members of the United Aryan Brotherhood who attacked another incarcerated man.
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Despite the unusually extensive later reporting about Bloss and the events preceding the hospital shooting, the Enid police officer or officers who fired the fatal shots have not been publicly identified in the material located for this update.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Enid police officer or officers who shot and killed Dedrick Bloss have not been publicly identified.
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