Lawton business owner details experience leading up to officer-involved shooting
Lawton business owner details experience leading up to officer-involved shooting By Will Hutchison | January 18, 2021 at 4:42 PM CST - Updated January 18 at 6:12 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The owner of Lavish Lounge recalls the moments leading up to a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened Sunday morning in Lawton.
“The cops had a routine traffic stop outside my building and I went outside to ask them what they were doing outside. They responded saying it was a routine traffic stop and had nothing to do with Lavish Lounge. I said, ‘well you’re on my property.’ He said, ‘well now I’m coming into Lavish Lounge’,” owner Seth Fleming said.
Local realtor discusses hidden dangers of vacant houses
Local realtor discusses hidden dangers of vacant houses-1/7/21 By Makenzie Burk | January 7, 2021 at 5:48 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 10:16 AM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) -Lawton Police are still searching for the person responsible for the murder of Andrew Franco that happened in mid-December.
At this point, they are not ruling out the possibility that someone may have been staying in the vacant house that his body was found in.
We’ve learned Franco worked for a local real estate agency, and was visiting the house to do some prep work.
There is a real danger to approaching vacant homes, something people in the realty business do all the time.
City council member working to create Crisis Prevention Team If youâre interested in helping, you can email Councilwoman Johnson at wardseven@lawtonok.gov By Kyle Payne | January 2, 2021 at 8:21 PM CST - Updated January 3 at 11:32 AM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - A Lawton city councilwoman is working with community members and the Lawton Police Department to create a Crisis Prevention Team.
That means mental health professionals respond to calls alongside police to provide support for those who may need it in an emergency.
She recently met with the police chief, who she says is completely on board with the idea.
âThere is a lot of people that come in contact with law enforcement that have mental health challenges and sometimes that can be avoided in terms of them being arrested or something escalating into something that it didnât have to be when thereâs a mental health professional on the scene,â said Ward 7 council member Onreka Johnson.