CLAREMORE, Okla. — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is investigating a man's death after he clashed with Claremore police and Rogers County deputies on Wednesday.
The Claremore Police Department says they were called out to Hillcrest Hospital Claremore around 2 p.m. after a man taken there for treatment left the hospital. Shortly after, they got a call about someone who matched that man's description breaking into a home nearby.
A few minutes later a second home invasion call with a similar suspect description went out. Police say the man took a woman's keys and cell phone and left the house.
Police say they saw him drive away and law enforcement chased him for a short time eastbound on Highway 20 near the turnpike. He crashed on the turnpike near 4220 Road about five miles from town toward Joplin.
Police and deputies set up a perimeter around the car and the Claremore Police Department says they were "confronted" by the man. Two officers and one Rogers County deputy fired at him.
OSBI says the man, Bobby Joe Johnston, died after the shooting. The FBI is also helping investigate because of Johnston's Native American status.
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