Darren Alan Howell

Deadly force

Agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and two local drug task forces tried to serve an arrest warrant on Howell. According to police, Howell had long been suspected for years of being a large player in the local meth trade. According to police, agents announced their presence at Howell's apartment. When Howell failed to open the door, agents tried to knock the door down, and gunfire erupted from inside the apartment. Agents shot and killed Howell, but not before two agents were wounded.