Suspect holding machete killed in officer-involved shooting

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A suspect is dead after officers fired their guns in an early morning shooting on Tuesday. The suspect was holding a machete as it all unfolded.

Oklahoma City police said what led up to the shooting started hours earlier. News 4 was at the scene when police first got a call near North Council Road and 7th.

One dead in officer-involved shooting in NW Oklahoma City

“Officers were called out to the scene earlier this morning in reference to a man who attacked another person with a machete,” said Capt. Valerie Littlejohn, with the Oklahoma City Police Department.

The person holding the machete left the area and, a couple of hours later, came back, still holding the machete…

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