Full Notification

The McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office requested OSBI special agents investigate an officer-involved fatal shooting that occurred Sunday, April 30, 2017, near Tom, Oklahoma. The McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a man walking down a road near Tom with a gun threatening to kill people. When deputies arrived in the area, they were told the subject had run into a wooded area. While patrolling the area, a deputy saw a pickup truck leaving a home on Jasper Hollow Road that was near the area where the subject was seen. The deputy pulled over the vehicle. The driver lived at the residence and told the deputy he was giving the passenger, whom he did not know, a ride. The deputy asked the passenger if he had a weapon. The subject showed the deputy a gun in his waistband. The subject then grabbed the handgun and put it to his head. By this time, another deputy and the sheriff arrived on the scene. The deputies tried to get Devin Hawkins, 32, to put down the gun and get out of the truck. He refused and pointed the gun at the sheriff, firing at least one time. The deputies then shot Hawkins, killing him. No one else was injured. OSBI special agents arrived on the scene shortly after and conducted interviews and documented the scene. Agents will provide the district attorney a full report of the incident. The district attorney will determine if the shooting was justified. Hawkins was from Foreman, Arkansas.