By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
- Oklahoma City, Okla. — Newly released bodycam/Air 1 video shows officers fatally shooting a suspect who, after a multi-location crime spree, ran along I-240 pointing a gun at motorists and trying to carjack passing cars. Moments earlier he was struck by two vehicles. Police1+1
- Timeline (Nov. 22): Spree began in Moore (woman killed, man wounded), continued with a vehicle theft tied to a second victim who later died, a gunpoint carjacking in Oklahoma City, and a third homicide on NE 26th St. An ALPR hit triggered the pursuit that ended on I-240 & Eastern Ave. KOCO
- ID & status: Police identified the suspect as Deante (Deonte) Hawthorne, 34. He died at a hospital after the shooting. The involved officer is on administrative leave under standard protocol. KOCO
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Police on Monday released body-worn and aerial footage from a Nov. 22pursuit and officer-involved shooting that ended a violent spree spanning Moore and Oklahoma City. The video shows the suspect running along I-240 with a handgun, pointing it at passing vehicles in an apparent attempt to carjackmotorists. He is struck by an SUV, gets up, is clipped by a second vehicle, and remains armed; officers then fire and stop the threat, according to the narration and recordings released by police. He was transported and later pronounced dead. Police1+1
Authorities said the incident began around 4 a.m. when Moore PD responded to shots fired at an apartment complex, finding a female fatally shot and a male wounded. Around 7:30 a.m., officers found another man with a medical emergency at a second complex; he later died. Investigators determined his vehicle had been stolen and entered it into NCIC. That vehicle was later recovered at an Oklahoma City carjacking scene, where the suspect abandoned it and took another car at gunpoint. At 12:24 p.m., Oklahoma City officers responded to a third homicide in the 2100 block of NE 26th St., believed tied to the same suspect. KOCO
An automated license plate reader flagged the stolen vehicle near SE 44th & I-35, prompting officers to attempt a stop. The suspect fled, crashed into a concrete barrier at I-240/Eastern, and ran onto the interstate with a pistol, where he was hit by two vehicles before officers opened fire. Officials identified the suspect as Deante (also reported as Deonte) Hawthorne, 34; he had a history of violent offenses, police said. The shooting officer was placed on routine administrative leave pending internal and external reviews. KOCO+1
Police highlighted the role of the department’s Real-Time Information Center and ALPR cameras in stitching together the suspect’s movements and coordinating responding units across jurisdictions. KOCO