Benight said the man jumped into his vehicle and fled from the area. Three officers arrived almost simultaneously and located the man in the casino’s parking garage. Saturday to the casino after security there reported an individual was threatening to kill people. An officer attempted to use the Taser on the man to prevent the act but was not successful.Ĭatoosa police were dispatched about 4 p.m. The man placed the gun to his head shot himself, Benight said. “The officer had his Taser out and also his firearm out.” “At that time, the officers approached the vehicle … and he was reaching inside the vehicle, trying to locate something,” Benight said. The pursuit ended on East 51st Street when the Challenger’s engine failed. The unidentified man was driving a Dodge Challenger in excess of 100 mph, Catoosa Police Chief Ronnie Benight said. Cherokee St., after he allegedly made death threats inside the establishment. Police pursued the man from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, 777 W. BROKEN ARROW OK January 27 2020- A police chase at the Broken Arrow-Tulsa border Saturday ended in the death of a man who was fleeing officers from a nearby casino, Catoosa police said.
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