Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of Oklahoma deputy
A man suspected of fatally shooting an Oklahoma deputy was charged Thursday with murder, and the district attorney later vowed she’ll seek the death penalty against him because of the “particularly heinous, atrocious and cruel” nature of the crime.
Nathan LeForce, 45, was charged Thursday in Logan County with first-degree murder, larceny of a vehicle and armed robbery, court records show. Those records don’t list an attorney for him, and he remains jailed.
Logan County Deputy David Wade, 40, died Tuesday after he was shot while serving an eviction notice at a home near Mulhall, about 50 miles north of Oklahoma City. Wade was shot several times, including in the face, and returned fire before radioing in for help.
Video from Wade’s body-worn camera captured LeForce approaching Wade with a raised handgun and firing at the deputy, according to charging documents filed in court Thursday. After the first shot, as “Wade goes down and is obviously suffering from a gunshot wound,” several more gunshots could be heard in rapid succession, the documents said.