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DERRICK JAMES | Staff photoJonathan Tubbs, right, is on trial for the February 2020 shooting death of his wife, Catrina Pope featured
By Derrick James STAFF WRITER May 11, 2021
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DERRICK JAMES | Staff photoJonathan Tubbs, right, is on trial for the February 2020 shooting death of his wife, Catrina Pope
A Pittsburg County jury of six men and six women heard testimony Tuesday in the trial against a McAlester man accused of fatally shooting his wife.
Jonathan James Tubbs, 40, was charged in February 2020 for first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, 37-year-old Catrina Pope.
District 18 First Assistant District Attorney Adam Scharn told the jury during opening statements that the evidence that will be provided over the course of the trial will support a guilty verdict.
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Numerous McAlester Police officers sit outside the emergency room of the McAlester Regional Health Center after an officer was injured Tuesday night.
An officer is back home after being injured in a Tuesday night altercation with an alleged intoxicated man.
McAlester Police Officer Kyle Sharp received a dislocated shoulder in the incident and was recovering from home Wednesday, according to McAlester Police Chief Kevin Hearod.
âHe is home today,â Hearod said Wednesday. âThey released him from the emergency room last night.â
The police chief said Sharp was expected to receive further testing on the shoulder Wednesday to check for any additional damage.
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An investigation continues into an incident near North Ash Street and West Ansley Avenue after officers responded to a report of multiple gunshots Thursday night.
DERRICK JAMES | Staff photo
An investigation continues into an incident near North Ash Street and West Ansley Avenue after officers responded to a report of multiple gunshots Thursday night.
A McAlester man is being held in the Pittsburg County Jail after officers responded to a report of shots fired Thursday night.
McAlester Police Det. Lt. Preston Rodgers said officers responded to the area of North Ash Street and West Ansley Avenue for a report of multiple gunshots around 10:18 p.m. Thursday.
Correction: A story that appeared in the Jan. 9 print edition about a trial being set in a case involving a fatal shooting misstated the year of the shooting. The