Craig County Police Involved Shooting
By: Briauna Brown
Updated: February 20, 2013
VINITA, OK--- The Vinita Police Department has requested the OSBI's assistance with a police-involved shooting that occured overnight. Around 3:30am, OSBI was notified of an incident half mile north of the HWY 69 and HWY 66 junction.
Two Vinta officers and an officer from the Big Cabin Police Department initiated a pursuit with a vehicle. That vehicle traveled down a dead end road. The suspect then turned the vehicle around and drove toward officers. Officers fired at the suspect. Michael O'Mara, 24, of Wichita, KS, was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and released for non-life threatening injuries. O'Mara was then booked into Craig County Jail on a complaint of Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance.
OSBI will not release the names of the officers involved in the shooting. The investigation is ongoing at this time.
Two Vinta officers and an officer from the Big Cabin Police Department initiated a pursuit with a vehicle. That vehicle traveled down a dead end road. The suspect then turned the vehicle around and drove toward officers. Officers fired at the suspect. Michael O'Mara, 24, of Wichita, KS, was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and released for non-life threatening injuries. O'Mara was then booked into Craig County Jail on a complaint of Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance.
OSBI will not release the names of the officers involved in the shooting. The investigation is ongoing at this time.
