Man injured at Wagoner County gun range
Posted: 11/24/2011
WAGONER COUNTY, Okla. - Authorities are investigating a shooting and robbery of a man at a Wagoner County gun range.
Wagoner County Sheriff Bob Colbert said 73-year-old Kenneth Payne of Wagoner was shot multiple times and had at least four guns stolen around 8:30 a.m. while he was at the Fort Gibson Wildlife Management Area Shooting Range east of Wagoner on Toppers Road.
Payne was left for dead, but was able to call a family member on his cell phone for help, according to the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation who was asked to help in the investigation by the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office.
Payne was retired from the Air Force and lived only a few miles away, OSBI officials said.
Anyone who saw anything suspicious near the gun range on Toppers Road between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. Thursday is asked to contact the Wagoner County Sheriff's Office at 918-485-3124 or OSBI tip line at 1-800-522-8017.
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