Published: June 4, 2025 | Last Updated on June 5, 2025, 2:05 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY — An attempt to execute an arrest warrant in SE Oklahoma City Wednesday morning ended in the suspect being shot and killed by an Oklahoma City Police officer.
According to MSgt. Gary Knight, the suspect’s name is not being released today, and neither is the officer’s name, as detectives are processing the scene and gathering information.
Around 6 a.m., officers went to a private residence in the 5200 block of Evanbrook Terrace near the intersection of SE 59th and Bryant to execute an arrest warrant on 40-year-old Jose Martinez that was “sex-crimes related,” according to Knight.
UPDATE: “During service of the search warrant, Jose Martinez armed himself with a gun and fled the residence on foot, into a wooded area,” said Knight in a follow-up press release Thursday. “Sgt. [Justin] Kuehn found Martinez, who had thrown his firearm over a fence and was attempting to retrieve it. Sgt. Kuehn ordered Martinez to stop. Martinez ignored Sgt. Kuehn’s commands, reached down and picked up the firearm, and was subsequently shot by Sgt. Kuehn.” Officers had been searching for Martinez for over a week, according to Knight.
The department refers to shootings where an officer shoots someone, whether it results in a death or not, as an “officer-involved shooting.” OCPD is counting this shooting as “Officer-involved shooting #2” for 2025.
The death is homicide #30 for the City of Oklahoma City in 2025.
Next steps in the process
Now, per standard procedure in the department, the officer goes on paid administrative leave as the internal investigation begins.
Knight said that both the Internal Affairs unit and the Homicide unit would investigate the shooting.
Once they produce a full report, it will be presented to District Attorney Vicki Behenna for a decision on whether any criminal prosecution is necessary.
The Free Press will report additional information on this shooting as it becomes available and is presented in court proceedings.
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