Police killings
2013-2020

Devin Hawkins

Male, White

Date of the incident: 4/30/2017

Tom, McCurtain, OK
Jasper Hollow Rd

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 vehicle 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.