OKCPD officer shot with own weapon at Crisis Intervention Ctr

Last Updated on March 14, 2023, 12:22 PM | Published: March 14, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — An officer with the Oklahoma City Police Department was shot in the leg with his own pistol while attempting to arrest a client at the Oklahoma County Crisis Intervention Center (OCCIC) Monday.

The officer was treated and released from a local hospital later in the evening.

The suspect was arrested and booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center or Jail (OCDC) for assaulting the officer and several of the staff of the center.

Crisis at the Crisis Intervention Center

Here is what led up to the shooting and arrest:

• CHRISTIAN GREEN, 19, was a client at the OCCIC when he became violent with staff members.
• Green allegedly hit several members of the staff with a hole punch device, MSgt. Gary Knight with the OKCPD told Free Press.
• Those assaults prompted a call for the police.
• Several officers were dispatched but arrived at different times.
• The officer wounded was the first to arrive and was attacked by Green immediately.
• According to Knight, a scuffle occured over the officer’s weapon.
• Green managed to get the pistol far enough out of the officer’s holster to reach the trigger and fire the gun.
• The officer was wounded in the leg but regained control of the gun.
• Green was eventually brought under physical control and placed under arrest.
• Green was then booked into the OCDC.

Booked

OCDC records show that Green was booked on the following complaints:

• Assault and battery with a deadly weapon – one count (shooting the officer)
• Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – two counts (attacks on staff)
• Assault and battery upon emergency medical care provider

Bail was set at $85,000

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Note: As of publication, the information provided by the OKCPD has not yet been tested in court. Under the law, all persons are considered innocent until proven guilty before a jury of their peers or a plea of guilt.

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