Exclusive: Accused cop killer Otis McKane married in San Antonio after ambush, before arrest

A screenshot of Otis Tyrone McKane and Christian Chanel Fields' marriage license. A screenshot of Otis Tyrone McKane and Christian Chanel Fields' marriage license. Photo: Bexar County Photo: Bexar County Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close Exclusive: Accused cop killer Otis McKane married in San Antonio after ambush, before arrest 1 / 17 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO – Seven hours before his arrest in the fatal slaying of a San Antonio police officer, capital murder suspect Otis Tyrone McKane was at the Bexar County Courthouse getting married as he was the subject of a massive manhunt, according to official records obtained by mySA.com.

McKane, held in Sunday’s ambush slaying of Det. Benjamin Marconi, married Christian Chanel Fields, who owns the white Buick McKane was in at the time of his arrest, after they obtained a magistrate’s waiver from the customary 72-hour waiting period after a marriage license is issued.

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County records indicate the license was issued at 9:27 a.m. Monday. He was arrested at 4:20 p.m. with a woman and 2-year-old child, who police have not yet identified, in the car.

Fields, 27, has been arrested on at least two theft charges in Harris County, records show. She was sentenced to deferred adjudication in lieu of a conviction for a 2010 state jail felony charge, records show. Fields was sentenced in a misdemeanor theft case in May 2011, according to court records.

Fields bought the white Buick in Houston, records show.

According to public records, Charlynn Fields is the mother of Christian Chanel Fields. Christian Chanel lists a Charlynn Fields as her mother on her Facebook page, which also shows she has a young daughter.

The ‘presiding judge’ who signed the waiver in the heavily secured Bexar County Courthouse was County Court-at-Law No. 9 Judge Walden Shelton, according to the county clerk’s office. He is also performed the marriage ceremony, but refused to comment Tuesday.

Marconi, 50, was fatally shot during a traffic stop near SAPD headquarters around 11:45 a.m. Sunday. McKane is accused of pulling up behind Marconi's cruiser while the detective was issuing a traffic citation to someone else and firing twice through the passenger window.

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McKane, 31, was nabbed Monday afternoon in a different vehicle on Interstate 10 near Ackerman Road, about 28 hours after the officer’s slaying.

As he was led past camera crews to be booked on a capital murder charge late Monday, McKane said he was upset about a child custody battle that prevented him from seeing his son and "I lashed out at someone who didn't deserve it."

"I've been through several custody battles, and I was upset at the situation I was in, and I lashed out at someone who didn't deserve it," McKane said before he was booked, according to a recording made available by KENS-TV. "I just want to see my son."

Fields was born in Houston and is 27 years old, according to the marriage license.

Staff writers Madalyn Mendoza and Emilie Eaton and news researcher Misty Harris contributed to this report.

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