Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Harold Thompson
Gender : Male
Age : 70
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/13/2025
Location : Old Mills Road
City : Tecumseh
County : Pottawatomie
State : Oklahoma
Agency : Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Unknown
Event : Found dead after police standoff
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 10/13/2025, a 17-hour police standoff occurred at a home on Old Mills Road in Pottawatomie County. Deputies said they responded to a welfare check and found a man barricaded inside the home. After tear gas was deployed and officers entered, they found 70-year-old Harold Thompson dead inside. His son and a woman were arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is assisting.
