Jerry Wayne Leonard II

How they died

Suicide

Police began looking for the suspect of a shooting that occurred around 5:30 p.m. at a home near Wewoka, where one victim was shot and killed and another wounded. Deputies set up a command post near the residence where the shooting took place. The suspect drove by the command post, and a pursuit began. The pursuit ran into Hughes County and ended after the suspect drove through a ditch and onto a field, where Jerry Leonard shot and killed himself, police said.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Jerry Wayne Leonard II, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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