The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating a homicide in Cleveland. Around 3:30 a.m. on February 26, 2024, Cleveland Police officers responded to a residence near North D Avenue and West Wichita Avenue for an unresponsive adult male. The victim was transported to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Officers contacted 39-year-old Harold Leroy Patton who was at the residence when they arrived. Patton was arrested on a charge of Second-Degree Murder and booked into the Pawnee County Jail. The Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the victim’s cause of death. On February 26, 2024, the Cleveland Police Department requested assistance from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
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