CATOOSA, Okla. — A man is dead after an early morning standoff at a Catoosa manufacturer on Wednesday.
Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton says they received a call around 4 a.m. that a man barricaded himself in a tool room at Valmont Utility.
When they arrived, they learned 39-year-old William Fairweather was an employee at Valmont Utility but wasn't on duty at the time. Walton says Fairweather made threatening comments toward the deputies. They tried to negotiate with Fairweather to come out of the tool room but were unsuccessful.
Eventually, they deployed gas after two hours of the suspect refusing to come out of the room. Walton said Fairweather fired nails at deputies. The deputies then shot and killed him.
Walton says one deputy was struck in the side upper chest area with something, but can't say whether it was nail or shrapnel.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case.
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