- Motel Shooting Leads to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Oklahoma City Man Who Illegally Possessed a Firearm and Methamphetamine
According to public record, on June 12, 2024, officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department responded to a motel on reports of a shooting. The victim told police that as she was attempting to leave the motel in her car, an individual she didn’t know, later identified as Gaines, shot at her several times from a separate vehicle. Nobody was injured as a result of the shooting. Officers executed a search warrant on Gaines’s room and seized more than 140 grams of methamphetamine and a firearm.
Prior to this arrest, Gaines had been convicted of multiple felonies, including convictions in Oklahoma County District Court for larceny of a motor vehicle in case number CF-2006-479; assault and battery on a police officer and possession of a weapon in case number CF-2007-5284; and possession of methamphetamine and cocaine in case number CF-2011-2084.
On September 17, 2024, a federal Grand Jury charged Gaines with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Gaines pleaded guilty on January 8, 2025, and admitted he possessed 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and a firearm despite his previous felony convictions…