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Man Dead after Officer-Involved Shooting Near 57th and Peoria

Tulsa Police

A man shot by Tulsa police and an apartment complex security guard early Friday has died.

Police say officers were called to a domestic disturbance involving a knife at the Waterstone Apartments around 2:30 a.m.

Police say 42-year-old Jerry Gaghins was still holding the knife when officers arrived and would not follow commands to drop it.

Two officers and a security guard shot Gaghins, who died at the hospital later on Friday.

How many times Gaghins was shot is unknown. The officers are on paid leave as the Tulsa Polic Department reviews the shooting.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.