September 9, 2022
By News Director Jared Atha
More details have been released regarding an officer involved shooting in Elk City early Friday morning.
According to a statement issued by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the suspect that officers were serving a felony arrest warrant on died as a result of the shooting.
OSBI said at 6:15 a.m., Elk City officers arrived at a home in the 1400 block of S. Simpson to serve 40-year-old Edwin Medina Baires with multiple felony arrest warrants. Officers made entry into the house and located Baires in the home brandishing a sharp object. Officers would make multiple attempts to convince Baires to put the weapon down, however he did not comply.
The report said that Baires would charge at the officers and one fired their weapon.
Baires was transported to Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City where he was pronounced deceased.
OSBI said the case is still under investigation.
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