This is incredible, newly released dashboard and helicopter footage of OK State Troopers in pursuit of Michael Dale Vance Jr, wanted for murdering 2 people and shooting 2 police officers. One Trooper in pursuit can be seen reaching for his rifle and firing through the windshield at Vance.
Police like those in these videos take heroic measures, in the line of fire, putting themselves in danger to keep Americans safe and bring criminals to justice.. dead or alive. Keep that in mind when you hear people complaining about the tactics they use.
Oklahoman Manhunt: Double murder suspect Michael Dale Vance Jr. shot dead
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HAMMON — Sparks from a dragging chain and a conscientious sheriff concerned about the possibility of wildfire led to a shoot-out that left the target of a weeklong manhunt dead late Sunday.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers shot and killed double murder suspect Michael Dale Vance Jr. in a late-night firefight on a lonely stretch of Custer County road in western Oklahoma.
The shoot-out came about a half-hour after authorities say Vance shot Dewey County Sheriff Clay Sander during a traffic stop related to the sparking chain.
After that shooting, Vance led officers on a chase that spanned at least a dozen miles of winding country roads through rugged hills and buttes.
About 10 p.m. Sunday night, Vance pulled over as he approached a roadblock set up by law enforcement and started firing, said Custer County Sheriff Bruce Peoples. Law officers returned fire, killing Vance.
Authorities had been seeking Vance in connection with the previous week’s shootings of four people, including two Wellston police officers, and the slaying of a Luther couple. Vance had been on the lam since Oct. 23.
The manhunt’s dramatic end began to unfold Sunday afternoon, when someone spotted a car that matched the description of Vance’s getaway vehicle parked on rural land north of Hammon in Roger Mills County, authorities said.
Don Williamson and two friends were cutting wood on land he owns when one of them spotted a vehicle covered with brush. Read More