On 08-20-2022 at 0247 hours, Poteau Police officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Carter Street in the city limits of Poteau on a call of a man that had been shot. On arrival, patrol officers located Joshua James Michael Smith (39 of Poteau) with a gunshot wound on the front steps of a residence. Smith was transported by Leflore County EMS to Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center, where he later died.
Poteau Police Department Investigators, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner responded to the scene. The investigation is ongoing.
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