COMM  CENTER     ATTENTION CHIEFS OFFICE      DUTY OFFICER     MARY HANING

SHOOTING INCIDENT        TROOPER  WOUNDED

AT APPROXIMATELY 1251 HOURS, MAYES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REQUESTED OUR ASSISTANCE IN HELPING THEM PICKUP A MENTAL PATIENT.  L-37 TROOPER BRUCE SCHULZE #764 ADVISED HE WOULD BE OUT ASSISTING THEM AT 1345 HOURS SIX MILES NORTHWEST OF PRYOR.   AT APPROXIMATELY 1402 HOURS, DISPATCHERS OVERHEARD ON THEIR SCANNER THAT AN OFFICER WAS DOWN.  IMMEDIATELY SEVERAL UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE INCLUDING CAPTAIN FRANK EVERETT 16, 1LT ED BURR T-32, L-57 DAVE PICKUP T-414, L-55 HAROLD BERRY T-177, L-38 TED HOLLINGSWORTH T-246, L-48 CHARLES NEWTON T-342, L-22 ARVIL RUDD T-102, V-23 1LT. HAROLD BUCHANAN T-137, N-66 DON JAMES T-353.  WE HAD RECEIVED WORD THAT THE OFFICER DOWN WAS TROOPER BRUCE SCHULZE T-764 BUT THIS WAS NOT VERIFIED UNTIL DISPATCHERS TELEPHONED MAYES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO VERIFY.  2LT. DEAN NEAL WAS AT GRAND VALLEY HOSPITAL IN PRYOR WHEN THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED WITH TROOPER SCHULZE.  2LT. DEAN NEAL ADVISED THAT TROOPER SCHULZE RECEIVED A HEAD WOUND AND HAD LOST A LOT OF BLOOD BUT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION.  TROOPER SCHULZE WAS COHERENT AND TALKING TO EVERYONE.

DURING THIS TIME, ALL OTHER TROOPERS AND MAYES COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE STILL AT THE SCENE WHERE SUSPECT WAS STILL INSIDE A HOUSE.  CAPTAIN EVERETT REQUESTED THAT THE TACT TEAM BE PUT ON STAND BY.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1436 HOURS, CAPTAIN EVERETT ADVISED TO CANCEL ALL ORDERS, SUSPECT WAS IN CUSTODY AND EN ROUTE TO GRAND VALLEY HOSPITAL.  SUSPECT HAD BEEN SHOT SEVERAL TIMES BUT WAS STILL ALIVE.  SUSPECT WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH, LEG, AND SHOULDER, AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.  SUSPECT IN EN ROUTE AT THIS TIME TO ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA VIA LIFE FLIGHT.

SUSPECT--GROVER HOBBS, WHITE MALE, AGE 41.

CAPTAIN EVERETT ADVISED THAT NONE OF THE TROOPERS AT THE SCENE FIRED AT SHOT.  INTERNAL AFFAIRS OUT OF OKLA. CITY IS EN ROUTE AT THIS TIME TO THE SCENE.   AT THIS TIME IT IS STILL UNKNOWN WHAT CALIBER WEAPON WAS USED AGAINST TROOPER SCHULZE.  MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FURNISHED WHEN AVAILABLE.

AUTH CAPTAIN FRANK EVERETT AND 2LT. DEAN NEAL
DPS VINITA TROOP L TAM 1551