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Tue, Nov 24 2009 

OSBI investigating police shooting

Frazier fired a single shot, dodged the knife, then leaned back inside the apartment and fired two more rounds, according to the report.

Myers drew his gun but did not have a clear view of Rupley, the report stated.

Frazier has been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of an investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, said police Chief Gary Anderson.

Rupley had lived in the apartment for more than five years, Travis Pryor said Monday.

“He just got bad about a year ago,” he said. “He’s never acted like this before.”

Before that, Travis Pryor said, Rupley would always ask Stephanie Pryor how her day at work had been.

He said Rupley kept to himself and had no visitors.

Travis Pryor said Rupley hit an officer with his fist in another incident at the apartment sometime in the past year.

Last year, Anderson said, officers placed Rupley in emergency detention and referred him to adult protective services because Rupley refused to leave the apartment when officers responded to a report of a gas leak.

Anderson said officers responded another time to a report that Rupley had hit the side of a Pelivan Transit bus with his cane.

Anderson said he was unsure when the OSBI would complete the investigation and forward its information to the district attorney’s office for review.

Jessica Brown, public information director for the OSBI, said investigators will interview witnesses and look at physical evidence before turning over results to Randy Mathia with the district attorney’s office. Mathia was unavailable for comment Monday.

Frazier is a highly regarded officer, Anderson said.



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