Police killings
2013-2020

Colton Dale Calaway

Male, White

Date of the incident: 12/21/2016

Burns Flat, Washita, OK
400 Iroquois Trail

An Elk City officer pulled over a vehicle with several people inside when the driver, Colton Dale Calaway, drove off. The officer pursued the vehicle into Burns Flat where he performed a PIT maneuver, which caused the vehicle to stall. Calaway then fled into a neighborhood and attempted to enter a home. Calaway was shot and killed when he turned toward the officer with a gun in his hand.