Joe Edward Sawyer, 46, was shot and killed on January 25, 2023, on Northwest Birch Avenue in Lawton, Oklahoma. Reports say he was struck multiple times in a confrontation that followed an earlier physical altercation involving Sawyer and the suspect’s mother. Sawyer was born October 13, 1976, and is survived by his family.

The Lawton Police Department identified and arrested Jaden M. Jones and charged him with first-degree murder. Authorities describe a history of dispute between Sawyer and Jones that escalated to the fatal shooting in a driveway on Northwest Birch Avenue.

Anyone with information about Joe Sawyer, the events of January 25, 2023, or the dispute that preceded the shooting is asked to come forward.