What About Josh? |
Mistaken Identity |
By Penny Owen Staff Writer The Daily Oklahoman
Lincoln County authorities arrested a 17-year old suspect Saturday in the fatal shooting of a Meeker woman and wounding of her fiancée during an overnight altercation.
Another suspect, Joshua Stump, was shot to death outside the rural Sparks home where the assault occurred.
Authorities were called about 1 a.m to the residence between Meeker and Chandler, where they found Kitty Knight, 56, dead inside of a gunshot wound
The owner of the home, Herbert Moucha, 62, was also found inside suffering from a gunshot wound. He was flown to Presbyterian Hospital and was listed in good condition Saturday with a wound to the right hand, said Kym Koch, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Knight and Moucha were engaged to be married, but only Moucha lived in the home.
Lincoln County Sheriff A.T. Brixey said the assailants apparently approached the couple for help with a disabled vehicle.
Somewhere in the process right there, the shooting erupted, Brixey said. He said the victims were shot with a shotgun, and Knight apparently returned fire with a handgun, wounding Stump.
He ran about 50 yards and fell dead in the driveway, Brixey said. The other suspect was being held in the Lincoln County Jail late Saturday. Were not going to give out any more information on this until we've examined all the evidence and until the crime scene has been thoroughly processed, the sheriff said.
THE BREAKDOWN: Joshua Stump was not the suspect that was shot. He, actually, was the suspect that was arrested the next day and held at the Lincoln County Jail. Robert Anderson, the suspect whose name was not initially released, was the suspect who returned ALONE to the Moucka’s home and was shot and killed. Joshua never returned to the house a second time. He was arrested almost 16 hours later in the next town.
The Scenario: You live in Gainesville, TX, a Red River Suburb North of Dallas. You are considering relocation to Oklahoma. Imagine picking up the Sunday issue of The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City’s widely circulated newspaper, reaching all the way to most of the Red River towns in Texas, including Gainesville, TX.
After scanning for jobs and available homes you happen to peruse another article that read that YOUR SON was SHOT TO DEATH in an apparent robbery attempt the night before.
AS THAT PERSON’S MOTHER OR FATHER, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?
Now imagine the next 5 hours, under the assumption that your son is dead, frantically trying to contact anyone with more information, without luck. A knock at the door reveals 2 local sheriffs at your door informing you that your son was a suspect in a murder investigation and had not in fact been shot the night before.
This article was printed in complete error and disregard by THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN on 7-16-05. |