A WILD NEW VIDEO JUST IN TONIGHT SHOWING A MAN WITH A GUN INSIDE OF A LOCAL JAIL. IT CREATED QUITE A SCARE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. OUR EVAN ONSTOT JOINING US LIVE IN STUDIO. AND EVAN, THAT GUN WAS LOADED. AND OFFICIALS SAY THIS MAN TRIED TO FIRE IT. SO LET’S GET RIGHT TO THE VIDEO RIGHT NOW. THE SUSPECT HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN BY WELLSTON POLICE ON SUSPICION OF DRIVING DRUNK. YOU SEE HIM? HE’S BEEN ORDERED TO STAND UP, WATCH HIS RIGHT HAND. YOU CAN’T SEE IT. OFFICIALS SAY THAT HE HAD PULLED OUT A TINY GUN FROM HIS FRONT RIGHT POCKET. AND AS YOU SEE IT HERE, REPEATEDLY TRIES TO POINT IT AT THE HEAD OF THE DETENTION OFFICER. OFFICIALS SAY THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT HE PULLED THE TRIGGER. AT LEAST TWICE, BUT IT DID NOT FIRE. NOW, THAT SECOND OFFICER WHO JUST WALKED IN, NOW WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT IS THE WELLSTON POLICE OFFICER WHO BROUGHT THE SUSPECT IN. NOW HE COMES AND GOES A COUPLE OF TIMES CALLING FOR BACKUP. THERE’S NO SOUND IN THIS VIDEO, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE THE SUSPECT HERE MOTIONED LIKE HE WANTED TO LEAVE THE DOOR AT THE END OF THE HALL. THEN HE TRIED TO GET THE OFFICER TO GO THROUGH THE DOOR ON THE LEFT. EVENTUALLY, THIS IS WHAT IT ENDS UP WITH. THE TWO OFFICERS STARTING TO WRESTLE WITH THE SUSPECT THAT POLICE OFFICER EVENTUALLY JUMPED IN. IT WAS A LONG TIME THOUGH, BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT GUN AWAY. WE HAVE POLICY AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO PREVENT THESE TYPE OF INCIDENTS FROM OCCURRING. WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING A REVIEW BOARD. IT’S SET FOR NEXT WEEK FOR JUST A REVIEW BOARD. SEE WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENT OR TO KEEP THIS FROM TAKING PLACE AGAIN. SO HERE’S THE SUSPECT, JERRY LEWIS LAWRENCE. HE LIVES IN JONES. WE’RE TOLD HE’S NOW FACING A NUMBER OF VERY SERIOUS CHARGES. SERGEANT BENNETT, WHO WE SPOKE TO TODAY, SAYS THAT HE BELIEVES HIS DETENTION OFFICER DID EVERYTHING HE COULD THAT HE FOLLOWED HIS TRAINING HERE. AND HE THEN REFERRED US TO THE WELLSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR QUESTIONS ON HOW THE SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO BRING A LOADED GUN INTO THE JAIL. HE DID TELL US THE WELLSTON POLICE OFFICER DID NOT HAVE HIS OWN WEAPON ON HIM BECAUSE BY JAIL POLICY THEY CANNOT BRING GUNS INTO THE JAIL. WE DID REACH OUT TO WELLSTON POLICE BY THE WAY, THIS AFTERNOON. WE’VE N
Man with loaded gun creates scare in Lincoln County jail
A man brought into the Lincoln County jail on suspicion of drunk driving was found with a loaded gun, causing a significant scare.
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Updated: 6:36 PM CDT Sep 6, 2024
A man brought into Lincoln County jail on suspicion of drunk driving was found with a loaded gun, causing a significant scare.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here."We have policy and procedures in place to keep these incidents from occurring," said Sgt. Aaron Bennett of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office."We have a review board we are going to be doing next week, just to see what we could have done different or keep from happening again,” Bennett said.The incident, captured on video from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, shows the suspect, Jerry Louis Lorenz from Jones, being ordered to stand up while being searched.Lorenz pulls a tiny gun from his front right pocket, hides it, and repeatedly points it at the detention officer.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppOfficials believe he pulled the trigger at least twice, but the gun did not fire.The second officer in the video, confirmed to be the Wellston police officer who brought Lorenz in, calls for backup multiple times.The video shows Lorenz motioning as if he wants to leave through a door at the end of the hall and trying to get the officer to go through a door on the left.Eventually, the officers wrestle with Lorenz for a long time before they manage to take the gun away.Bennett believes the detention officer did everything he could and followed his training.He referred questions about how Lorenz was brought into the jail with a loaded gun to the Wellston Police Department.According to policy, the Wellston officer did not have his own weapon on him because officers cannot bring guns into the jail.KOCO 5 reached out to Wellston police this afternoon but have not yet heard back.Top HeadlinesInvestigation continues after bodies of 2 toddlers found inside car on Norman roadTaylor Swift shows at Arrowhead Stadium to watch Travis Kelce, Chiefs face Ravens in NFL openerOKC metro school districts take action after shooting threats circulate onlineTeen charged in deadly shooting at Georgia high school appears in court for hearingTwo brothers, two sisters charged in death of 7-year-old Midwest City
CHANDLER, Okla. — A man brought into Lincoln County jail on suspicion of drunk driving was found with a loaded gun, causing a significant scare.
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"We have policy and procedures in place to keep these incidents from occurring," said Sgt. Aaron Bennett of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.
"We have a review board we are going to be doing next week, just to see what we could have done different or keep from happening again,” Bennett said.
The incident, captured on video from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, shows the suspect, Jerry Louis Lorenz from Jones, being ordered to stand up while being searched.
Lorenz pulls a tiny gun from his front right pocket, hides it, and repeatedly points it at the detention officer.
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Officials believe he pulled the trigger at least twice, but the gun did not fire.
The second officer in the video, confirmed to be the Wellston police officer who brought Lorenz in, calls for backup multiple times.
The video shows Lorenz motioning as if he wants to leave through a door at the end of the hall and trying to get the officer to go through a door on the left.
Eventually, the officers wrestle with Lorenz for a long time before they manage to take the gun away.
Bennett believes the detention officer did everything he could and followed his training.
He referred questions about how Lorenz was brought into the jail with a loaded gun to the Wellston Police Department.
According to policy, the Wellston officer did not have his own weapon on him because officers cannot bring guns into the jail.
KOCO 5 reached out to Wellston police this afternoon but have not yet heard back.
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