The Sheriff's Office received a call at 5:20 p.m. about a domestic assault. Franklin Gray was holding his mother down on a couch, and she was having trouble breathing. When the three deputies arrived, they found Gray outside the home and tried to arrest him, but he began fighting them. Gray allegedly attempted to take one deputy's gun, ripping the holster from the deputy's belt, at which point the weapon went off. Deputies tasered Gray, but it did not incapacitate him, and the altercation continued, until at least one deputy shot and killed him.
Agency: McCurtain County Sheriff's Office
Motive: Domestic disturbance (familial)
Confrontation Type: Domestic Disturbance (familial)
Service Call: Yes
Body Camera: no
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Franklin Gray
Death Date: January 31, 2021
County: McCurtain
Geography: Rural
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Race: Unknown race
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: gun
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: not fleeing
Washington Post Database ID: 6560