Michael Vance was killed after a shootout with authorities in western Oklahoma Sunday night. A nationwide manhunt has been underway for Vance since last Sunday, when he shot two Wellston police officers, killed his aunt and uncle and stole a vehicle from a couple at a mobile home park near Wellston. Vance then is suspected of shooting a man in Sayre after attempting to carjack the man’s RV around 2:30 a.m. last Monday. Authorities said Vance was last seen going eastbound on I-40 from Sayre. The trail went cold on Vance until Sunday night, when a farmer reported seeing Vance near the Washita River on Highway 34 in Hammon. The farmer told authorities Vance fled the scene. Around 10 p.m., Vance was involved in a shootout near Leedey in Dewey County. The Dewey County sheriff pulled over a vehicle that was dragging a chain behind it. Authorities say it was not the silver Mitsubishi, but was a different vehicle. When Dewey County Sheriff Clay Sander pulled over the vehicle, he did not know it was Vance. Vance got out of the car and shot the sheriff in the arm and shoulder. Vance was killed after a chase ensued and ended one mile west of Butler, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers fired the shots that killed Vance. The Dewey County Sheriff is at an area hospital receiving treatment for bullet wounds to his shoulder and arm. A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Office said prior to the shootout that a news conference may be called on Monday morning. It is unclear if that news conference will still happen.

Michael Vance was killed after a shootout with authorities in western Oklahoma Sunday night.

A nationwide manhunt has been underway for Vance since last Sunday, when he shot two Wellston police officers, killed his aunt and uncle and stole a vehicle from a couple at a mobile home park near Wellston.

Vance then is suspected of shooting a man in Sayre after attempting to carjack the man’s RV around 2:30 a.m. last Monday.

Authorities said Vance was last seen going eastbound on I-40 from Sayre. The trail went cold on Vance until Sunday night, when a farmer reported seeing Vance near the Washita River on Highway 34 in Hammon.



The farmer told authorities Vance fled the scene. Around 10 p.m., Vance was involved in a shootout near Leedey in Dewey County. The Dewey County sheriff pulled over a vehicle that was dragging a chain behind it. Authorities say it was not the silver Mitsubishi, but was a different vehicle. When Dewey County Sheriff Clay Sander pulled over the vehicle, he did not know it was Vance. Vance got out of the car and shot the sheriff in the arm and shoulder.

Vance was killed after a chase ensued and ended one mile west of Butler, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers fired the shots that killed Vance.



The Dewey County Sheriff is at an area hospital receiving treatment for bullet wounds to his shoulder and arm.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Office said prior to the shootout that a news conference may be called on Monday morning. It is unclear if that news conference will still happen.