BUNCH, Okla. — The Adair County district attorney's office says a state game warden won't face charges in the fatal shooting of an Arkansas man earlier this year.
The district attorney's office determined Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation game warden Jared Cramer was justified in his actions when he fatally shot Billy Joe Patrick in April.
The Tulsa World reported that 29-year-old Patrick was accused of attacking Cramer after Cramer approached Patrick and two others while they were fishing.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Cramer asked to see the group's fishing licenses and learned Patrick had a warrant from Arkansas for violating the terms of his parole.
A Wildlife Department official said Cramer was placed on administrative leave during the investigation but has since returned to work.