A 15-year-old youth who reportedly shot and killed his dad during an altercation at their house southwest of Stroud has been arrested and the victim has been identified.
Lincoln and Pottawatomie County District Attorney Adam Panter confirmed the victim was the boy’s father, Charles Robert Griffith.
The shooting occurred on the afternoon of Feb. 14 at the residence located at 354860 E. 900 Road, Stroud in Lincoln County. A source said the boy’s mother provided a $50,000 bond for her son and that he is wearing an ankle monitor.
In a probable cause affidavit, a special agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation states that Griffith was shot once in the chest and once in the head.
The agent said in the affidavit he has “probable cause to believe the defendant, the youth, committed first degree murder on Feb. 14, 2023.”
No formal charges had been filed in the case as of Tuesday of this week.
Lincoln County Sheriff Charlie Dougherty and several of his deputies along with other first responders were the first to respond that afternoon after County Dispatch received a 911 call from the youth saying he had shot his dad during an altercation.
The Sheriff’s Office has worked with the OSBI in investigating the case.
In the affidavit, the agent states the youth told him he had been cornered in the bedroom of the house by his father where he picked up a gun and shot his father twice.
The agent further noted while investigating the crime scene, there were inconsistencies with the evidence on the scene and the story initially given to dispatch by the youth.
The agent said he went to the sheriff’s office to interview the youth on the discrepancies at the scene. At that time, he invoked his fifth amendment right to counsel, the agent said.