The truck driver shot by a security guard at an Oklahoma City truckstop Friday is in stable condition, as information about the incident comes out slowly.
Sgt. Megan Morgan of the Oklahoma City Police Department said the driver, whose name is not being released, is still in the hospital and is listed in stable condition. His hometown is unknown, but Morgan said his truck and the business the truck is registered under are listed as being in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Reports that the driver grabbed the gun of the security guard, whose name also has not been released, are unconfirmed, Morgan said in an email to FreightWaves.
“I am not sure if the truck driver grabbed the security guard’s gun,” she wrote. “The only information we have so far is that the driver was allegedly parked in a reserved spot, and upon being confronted by security an altercation ensued which led up to the truck driver being shot.”
A colleague of Morgan’s, Sgt. Brad Gilmore, was quoted in a local news report last week as saying that “during [the] altercation, the guard discharged his firearm because he felt like he had to defend himself.”
The police department has not charged anyone at this point but is continuing to investigate, according to Morgan. “The case will be presented to the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office, and they will ultimately determine which charges (if any) are appropriate in the case,” Morgan wrote. “At that point they will determine whether charges will be filed or not.”
Zack
Federal law says that truck doesn’t move if the driver doesn’t have the time. If the driver refuses to pay the parking charge, you call the police to issue a citation for whatever the local ordinance is. But either way that truck DOES NOT MOVE. I don’t know if this was this rent a cops regular location, if it is, he should have familiarized himself with certain relevant information, or the parent company at the very least should have furnished him with that information.
Jimi/jammer
Many times in paid parking I have seen a few conversations go bad. But really the Security guard should have just reported it and turned it in. Gave the driver some time to think about it. Then returned w/ a better view of the situation plus paperwork to show driver was in the wrong. Too many people in security nowadays not enough training especially when armed they act like law enforcement. They are not. It was a frickin parking spot. Bill it to the fuel card or get police to show up to defuse the situation. None of that was handled properly.
J D
Difference between security and cops cops have cameras and stun guns and firearms security only have firearms this is the problem security should have cameras and stun guns also and be properly trained on how to de escalate a situation before it becomes out of hand and violent
Rmac
No one should be shot over a parking spot. Unless the driver attacked him with a weapon, the security guard probably needs to go to prison. If the driver grabbed at the firearm, it was probably after the security guard drew it on him to threaten him.
And this:
Wow, some of these replies are hard to decipher. Please let me help.
Here are a few periods, please take some and use them. (……………………………………………………)
Some other things:
“There” means not here.
“Their” means belongs to them.
“They’re” means they are.
“Your” means belongs to you.
“You’re” means you are.
“U” is a letter between “T” and “V”.
“You” means the person I’m speaking or referring to that is not me.
Rick
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some people will slam you as a grammar nazi, but they’re the ones who are proud of being illiterate.
Doc
Rmac
Ha! Good post!
John
I see all these idiots talking about paid parking. I’ll bet at least half don’t even fuel or buy anything worth much at a truck stop they would have to buy at any convenience store. They are there to sell fuel to drivers. If your so concerned about drivers being able to park then you buy hundreds of acres and pave it out in bathrooms and buy all the soap and toilet paper and pay for the trash picked up and all the other costs. I wished all spots were paid and they dropped the price a few dollars. Then that would keep the rift raft out. The difference between a truck driver a puppy is a puppy learns to stop whining.
Stephen Webster
A puppy whines when it gets hurt and so should a truck driver. If trucking companies paid fairly and paid for parking and the D O T let truck drivers run upto 17 hours with 4 time the state minimum wage after 10 hours driving a day or 13 hours on duty. With bath rooms at shippers and receivers. Overnight parking should provided by every shipper or receiver that takes more than 3 hours unless they agree to pay the truck driver a $50.00 us by E F S.
Stephen Webster
Their would be more truck drivers than jobs.
Doc
Funny to hear this out if truck drivers. Tell it to Trump or any other Republican politician most of you think are the second coming or something. Forcing private companies to build facilities for you? Forcing them to is you a “fair wage”? Umm, isn’t that government regulation? Aren’t you supposed to be against that? Or maybe just against regulation that helps others without helping you? And what is a fair wage? I seem to make a living. It’s all relative. If you don’t like the business, it’s not for you, so go find something else to do.
Kent
i guarantee most of them do spend that much at the over priced truck stops. Your the one who sounds like they whining. If it wasn’t for the truckers you would be whiping your ass or eating. Snowflake
Steve
Maybe a boycott of TA is in order.
JR
All that money from paid parking over the years will be going to this driver, Its fine too have a few reserved spots but when TA / Petro make 80% of their spots paid it’s a problem and this is the result hope they get sued.
Paul
Hey Leon seriously put the meth pipe down HOLY MOSES!!!!!! WTF stop already with your jibberish talk!!!! Lol