Devin Hawkins

How they died

Deadly force

The McCurtain County Sheriff's Office received a call about a man armed with a gun, walking down a road and threatening to kill people. Deputies were told the man, Devin Hawkins, 32, had run into a wooded area. While patrolling the area, a deputy saw a pickup truck leaving a home on Jasper Hollow Road near the area where Hawkins was seen. The deputy pulled over the other and the driver, who lived at the home, told the deputy he was giving the passenger, whom he did not know, a ride. The deputy asked the passenger if he had a weapon, and Hawkins showed the deputy a gun in his waistband. Hawkins then put it to his head. Hawkins shot at the sheriff at least one time. The deputies shot and killed Hawkins.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Devin Hawkins, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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