Officer cleared in November shooting in Lawton
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LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The officer at the center of an officer-involved shooting in Lawton from November has been cleared of wrongdoing.
The Comanche County District Attorney’s office made the decision.
That stems from the shooting of 30-year-old Duane Scott Murray, who was accused of breaking into an apartment at the Pepper Tree Apartments in November and forcing a woman to remove her clothes.
She was eventually able to escape, according to police.
Then officers tried to negotiate with Murray for an hour before they say he pointed his gun at officers.
Oklahoma Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing in Deadly January Shooting
Authorities have cleared Nathan Ronan, the Lawton Police Department (LPD) officer who fatally shot Zonterious Johnson on Jan. 17, of any wrongdoing, the police chief said.
“The Comanche County District Attorney’s Office has thoroughly reviewed the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation report and has cleared the officer involved of any wrongdoing,” LPD Chief James Smith said in a statement (pdf) on Monday.
Johnson had been celebrating his 24th birthday in Lavish Lounge, a local restaurant and social club, before the incident, The Lawton Constitution reported.
Officers who were doing a compliance check in the restaurant heard gunshots outside and went out to check. Police found Johnson was engaged in gunfire with another individual outside the restaurant. One of the officers, Ronan, identified himself as a police officer and ordered Johnson to stop. Johnson then fled the scene.
Autopsy report provides new information for officer involved shooting in Lawton
Autopsy report provides new information for officer involved shooting in Lawton By Tiffany Bechtel | April 5, 2021 at 10:28 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 10:28 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s office has completed an autopsy report on an officer involved shooting in Lawton.
In January 2021, Zonterious Johnson was killed during an officer involved shooting that took place near a night club around 3:40 a.m.
According to the autopsy report, Johnson died from two gunshot wounds to the chest.
He was also shot in the right foot. A toxicology report determined Johnson tested positive for alcohol, amphetamine, and methamphetamine.
A 46-year-old man awaiting trial in January 2021 for a 2016 charge of enabling child sexual abuse is seeking to throw out evidence and testimony of alleged âprior bad acts.â
David Smith of Norman, representing Kevin Crisel, filed a motion to strike evidence and testimony from a family and for sanctions for the spoilage of evidence in Comanche County District Court on Friday.
Crisel is slated to face the January 2021 Comanche County jury trial docket for a felony charge of child endangerment. The charge stems from a case involving Criselâs brother.
Anthony Douglass Crisel Jr., 25, was convicted in March 2018 of lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16, records indicate. He received six years to serve with Department of Corrections, followed by one year post-conviction supervision by Department of Corrections and he is to register as a sex offender.