James Roy Scoggins, 68, was found dead in his home near South 7th and A Avenues in Achille, Oklahoma after a midday call to police around 12:30 p.m. Officers located Scoggins in his bed with a fatal gunshot wound to the back of his head. An H&K .45 caliber pistol was recovered under the pillow where he was lying, with a spent cartridge case nearby. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation was called to assist.

Investigators focused on 44-year-old Justin Michael Stone. According to Scoggins’s brother, Timothy Lee Scoggins, James and Stone had been in a relationship for about eight years. Timothy found Stone at the residence after forcing his way inside when his brother did not answer calls. Stone reportedly fled, saying he was going to Dallas, and was later located and arrested in Colbert. Stone was charged with first-degree murder and booked into the Bryan County Jail, with bond set at $1,000,000.

Scoggins was an Army veteran and a former paramedic who had retired to Achille to care for his mother. Few details about a motive or timeline before the shooting have been released. Can anyone with information about James Scoggins, Justin Stone, or that neighborhood on the day of the shooting help investigators?