The family of the Oklahoma County Deputy killed in 2022 while serving an eviction notice reacted to learning the accused murderer may not face justice. A judge ordered the state to end its efforts to restore Benjamin Plank’s competency for trial, and will likely result in dismissed charges.
Austin Swartz said in a statement issued to News 9, his family is heartbroken, furious and in shock. He said the ruling issued on Tuesday not only failed his father, Sergeant Bobby Swartz, but all law enforcement officers.
Swartz spoke to News 9 earlier this year before Benjamin Plank’s recent competency hearings. He has been waiting three years for justice for his father and Deputy Mark Johns, who was left critically injured in the ambush shooting…