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A shootout early Thursday morning left this Lincoln Navigator with evidence of several bullet holes.The owner, Ricky Sowers, exchanged gunfire with men he said were trying to steal another vehicle. Sowers said he shot at the men at least 17 times during the incident.
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Local man shoots at thieves
TUTTLE -- Tin Horns Are Us, a small business in Tuttle, has hit several times over the past few months by thieves who siphoned the diesel fuel from the business’s equipment.
In an interview earlier this year with the Express-Star, owner Ricky Sowers Sr. said, “If I catch them, police are the last thing they will have to worry about it. They better hope I don’t catch them some night.”
Sowers had the opportunity Wednesday night when he faced off against two armed burglars and gunfire was exchanged.
Sowers said he went out for a late night snack at a fast food restaurant in Tuttle at around 1 a.m. He passed one of the business’s locations that has equipment and tools on site when he noticed what appeared to be a flashlight beam.
“I parked my car and walked up to the area the light was coming from and it was the same place I parked the Navigator under some awning. When I got close enough to see what was going on I saw someone sticking a screw driver into the ignition switch and I yelled ‘Put your hands on the dash’ and about that same time I saw another person come around the other side and they had a shotgun,” said Sowers.
“Then the shotgun raised up and I had my handgun already drawn, and I heard the shotgun fire and I started shooting back…and at first I thought I hit one of them because I saw them fall down. But he got up and took off again.”
Sowers said the two burglars fled the scene in a red, extended cab pick-up truck, that no longer has the back window and is littered with gunshots from the his gun.
“I worked hard for what I got and I’m not about to let someone come in here and take it,” said Sowers.
The OSBI was called in to investigate the burglary. Sowers Lincoln Navigator was shot several times during the shoot-out,
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GRADY COUNTY FAIR RESULTS
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First: (Adult) Ann O'Bar
Second: (Adult) Joyce Riker
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AROUND THE AREA
SEPTEMBER 2
Poetry Reading
• When: Sept. 2, 7 p.m.
• Where: Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant, Private Room, 3127 S. 4th St., Chickasha
• Details: Featured Poet is Carol Hamilton, writer, storyteller and Poet Laureate of Oklahoma 1995-97Hamilton’s website is www.carolhamilton.org. There is no admission fee to attend the Poetry Reading, and refreshments are available for purchase. For more information, contact Rockford Johnson, 224-0160 or 317-7506. -
Duncan nips Chicks for straight-game win
Duncan got their eighth match win of the season Tuesday, beating Nancy Waters’ Lady Chicks in straight games at the Activity Center.
The Chicks looked like they had a little hangover from Monday night’s tough road loss at Tecumseh, coming out flat again and dropping their first two games by identical 25-17 scores.
They came out firing on all eight cylinders for game three, running out to a 15-9 lead on the strength of a 7-0 run with Shelby Crosley serving, but the Demons battled back to tie it late and the Chicks let it slip away, 25-21. -
STATE SPORTS BRIEFS
NORMAN (AP) — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has named walk-on Patrick O'Hara as the starting place-kicker for the seventh-ranked Sooners.
Stoops said on his radio show Tuesday night that O'Hara won the competition with Jimmy Stevens, freshman Michael Hunnicutt and redshirt freshman Bryce Easley. -
OSU's Gundy still learning on job
STILLWATER (AP) — Mike Gundy hasn't lost his love for dialing up the right play to keep Oklahoma State's offense purring along.
That passion, which he has called the most enjoyable part of his job as head coach, was bred into him as an offensive coordinator. And he is a former starting quarterback for the Cowboys. -
Whimsical metal work, jewelry part of big art show at USAO
A showing of whimsical metal work and jewelry is scheduled to be on display at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma during Helen’s Show Sept. 10-Oct 1.
The show will feature the work of USAO graduate Helen Shafer. The exhibition will be open daily during normal business hours in the Davis Hall Third Floor Art Gallery on the USAO campus. The show is free and open to the public. An opening reception is scheduled Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. in the gallery. -
High-speed chase lands 1 in jail
A high-speed motorcycle chase down Highway 81 last Wednesday landed a Ninnekah man in jail and a felony charge of eluding a police officer.
Court records show that James William Hutchins, 21, blew by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Timothy Parrish at U.S. Highway 81 and County Road 1460 and was clocked going 144 miles per hour in a posted 70 miles per hour zone.
Parrish reported that he was sitting stationary at that location at about 3:45 p.m. on Aug. 25 when he observed a red motorcycle traveling southbound. He engaged his emergency lights and siren and pulled onto the roadway behind the Triumph motorcycle. -
5 inmates denied parole
Parole was recently denied for five Grady County inmates serving sentences with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
The following individuals were denied at the August Pardon and Parole Board meeting:
• Jeremiah Daniel Cline, who is serving a five-year sentence for distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and a five-year sentence for possession of a controlled dangerous substance, began his sentence in August 2008.
• Warren P. Diego, who is serving a 15-year sentence (10 years PTS) for lewd molestation, began his sentence in February 2009. -
Judge recuses herself from pharmacy case
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state district judge has stepped aside from the first-degree murder trial of a pharmacist accused in the fatal shooting of an unconscious would-be robber.
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