Excerpt: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...police-fatally-shoot-oklahoma-man-who-fought-with-them-after-floodwater-rescue/
The troopers responded to a report of a stranded vehicle in Okmulgee County, about 20 miles south of Tulsa, about 9:30 p.m. Friday. They found two men trying to remove a vehicle from a roadway over which water was rising and moving quickly, according to Capt. Paul Timmons.
“They were trying to get them to come out of the water. They were worried about them getting swept away,” Timmons said. “(The men), for whatever reason, were just really upset about having to leave the vehicle there.”
At least one man attacked a trooper after reaching dry land and was shot and killed. It wasn’t immediately known how many shots were fired or whether one or both troopers shot.
“It’s not real clear how it all transpired,” according to Timmons.
Excerpt: http://www.tulsaworld.com/communiti...ot-by-ohp-trooper-late-friday/article_d5a84230-2fc9-53ea-9c13-44729843ba89.html
Timmons said the shooting occurred in the area of Hectorville Road and Bixby Road, and that authorities had received a report of a stranded vehicle on Bixby Road around 9:20 p.m. Friday. Troopers arrived to find Nehemiah and Brandon Fischer, who appeared to be pushing a vehicle that had stalled due to flooding, Timmons said.
“The water was already fairly deep, and it was starting to rise pretty quickly and it was running pretty rapidly across the road,” he said. “They were concerned these guys would be swept away.”
A trooper on the scene told the brothers to get to higher ground, and a physical confrontation occurred soon after, Timmons said.
“For whatever reason, and this is where it gets a little cloudy, (the men) approached the troopers,” he said. “Shots were fired.”
Timmons said a weapon was recovered from one of the suspects, but it wasn’t immediately known which man had the weapon or whether shots were fired at the troopers, the Associated Press reported.
It wasn’t clear Saturday whether one or both troopers at the scene fired at the men, but Nehemiah Fischer was struck and died at the scene. Timmons said Brandon Fischer was uninjured.
Authorities did not describe what kind of altercation may have occurred between them and the troopers.
Excerpt: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/.../us-news/2015/may/31/oklahoma-pastor-nehemiah-fischer-trooper-shooting-flooding
According to police, the officers told Fischer and his older brother, Brandon, to leave their stalled car and move to higher ground. Some kind of confrontation ensued and Nehemiah Fischer was killed. Brandon Fischer was not hurt. He was arrested on suspicion of assault.
Fischer had a gun, said captain Paul Timmons, an Oklahoma department of public safety spokesman. He said he was unable to provide more detail about whether Fischer was armed at the moment of the shooting and who exactly fired the shots.
“A handgun was found,” he told the Guardian. “I can’t verify whether it was being brandished but the deceased individual did have a handgun … the investigators are still trying to determine how many shots were fired. We know there was more than one but an exact number, I don’t have that information available yet.”
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Fischer was an associate pastor at Faith Bible Church in Tulsa. I listened to parts of his sermons. Seems like he was a humble, level-headed Bible teacher.
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The troopers responded to a report of a stranded vehicle in Okmulgee County, about 20 miles south of Tulsa, about 9:30 p.m. Friday. They found two men trying to remove a vehicle from a roadway over which water was rising and moving quickly, according to Capt. Paul Timmons.
“They were trying to get them to come out of the water. They were worried about them getting swept away,” Timmons said. “(The men), for whatever reason, were just really upset about having to leave the vehicle there.”
At least one man attacked a trooper after reaching dry land and was shot and killed. It wasn’t immediately known how many shots were fired or whether one or both troopers shot.
“It’s not real clear how it all transpired,” according to Timmons.
Excerpt: http://www.tulsaworld.com/communiti...ot-by-ohp-trooper-late-friday/article_d5a84230-2fc9-53ea-9c13-44729843ba89.html
Timmons said the shooting occurred in the area of Hectorville Road and Bixby Road, and that authorities had received a report of a stranded vehicle on Bixby Road around 9:20 p.m. Friday. Troopers arrived to find Nehemiah and Brandon Fischer, who appeared to be pushing a vehicle that had stalled due to flooding, Timmons said.
“The water was already fairly deep, and it was starting to rise pretty quickly and it was running pretty rapidly across the road,” he said. “They were concerned these guys would be swept away.”
A trooper on the scene told the brothers to get to higher ground, and a physical confrontation occurred soon after, Timmons said.
“For whatever reason, and this is where it gets a little cloudy, (the men) approached the troopers,” he said. “Shots were fired.”
Timmons said a weapon was recovered from one of the suspects, but it wasn’t immediately known which man had the weapon or whether shots were fired at the troopers, the Associated Press reported.
It wasn’t clear Saturday whether one or both troopers at the scene fired at the men, but Nehemiah Fischer was struck and died at the scene. Timmons said Brandon Fischer was uninjured.
Authorities did not describe what kind of altercation may have occurred between them and the troopers.
Excerpt: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/.../us-news/2015/may/31/oklahoma-pastor-nehemiah-fischer-trooper-shooting-flooding
According to police, the officers told Fischer and his older brother, Brandon, to leave their stalled car and move to higher ground. Some kind of confrontation ensued and Nehemiah Fischer was killed. Brandon Fischer was not hurt. He was arrested on suspicion of assault.
Fischer had a gun, said captain Paul Timmons, an Oklahoma department of public safety spokesman. He said he was unable to provide more detail about whether Fischer was armed at the moment of the shooting and who exactly fired the shots.
“A handgun was found,” he told the Guardian. “I can’t verify whether it was being brandished but the deceased individual did have a handgun … the investigators are still trying to determine how many shots were fired. We know there was more than one but an exact number, I don’t have that information available yet.”
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Fischer was an associate pastor at Faith Bible Church in Tulsa. I listened to parts of his sermons. Seems like he was a humble, level-headed Bible teacher.
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Wedding pic from last year:
