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Shawn Taylor Watie
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Gender
Male
Age
27 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
03/14/2019
Location
US-59 & I-40 Sallisaw OK 74955 Sequoyah
Cause of Death
Deadly force
Police said they received a call around 9 a.m. reporting a suspicious person walking along the highway. The caller said the person appeared to match the description of an inmate that had escaped from Missouri. Sallisaw officers Devin Harriman and Coty Biles made contact with Shawn Taylor Watie of Stillwell. Watie allegedly came after the officers with a knife, and they shot and killed him. He was not the person they said they were seeking.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Sallisaw Police Department
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