Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Police Shoot and Kill Armed Man After Standoff Near Tinker Air Force Base

An Oklahoma City police officer shot and killed an armed man on Wednesday afternoon in a field near Southeast 74th Street and South Douglas Boulevard in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, police said. The standoff, in southeast Oklahoma City near Tinker Air Force Base, ended at about 1:50 p.m., News 9 reported. No officers were injured.

The claim at the drive-thru

Investigators believe the incident may have begun when a man drove through a McDonald's drive-thru and reportedly claimed he had killed two people, News 9 reported. Police are investigating whether that claim was true. The Oklahoma City Focal, in its updated report, put the same point plainly: the claim that the man had killed two people has not been verified.

"At some point officers were trying to find an individual that may or may not have driven through a McDonald's and said that he had possibly killed a couple of people," Capt. Benjamin Weir said, in remarks carried by the Focal. Officers worked out who the man was and contacted family members. The family told police the man was armed, Weir told News 9. "Officers did eventually find him out here. He began to shoot at officers," Weir said.

The confrontation in the field

Officers located the man in a field near Southeast 74th Street and South Douglas Boulevard. Police said the man opened fire at officers, and an officer fired back, killing him. The Focal reported that the man was on foot, walking through the area when he began shooting, and that the confrontation moved into a wooded area near Interstate 240. Tactical teams and armored vehicles responded to the scene.

Police said they were still gathering evidence at each location where the man allegedly fired at officers. A street in the area was expected to stay closed for several hours while that work went on, the Focal reported.

What police have not said

Police have not released the man's name. The Focal reported that his family had not yet been notified as of Wednesday. News 9 reported that the officer who fired the fatal shot will be placed on routine paid administrative leave while the shooting is investigated, which is the department's standard practice after a police shooting.

Weir said officers were trying to contain the area and keep it safe, and that the man continued to pose a threat to officers, according to the Focal. The department said it planned to release more information on Thursday morning. Until then, the central claim that started the search, that two people had been killed, remains a claim police are checking, not a fact they have confirmed.