Seth Jordan Mason was 21 and serving as a Hughes County sheriff’s deputy when he was found unresponsive at his Wewoka home after a shots-fired call on the evening of December 9, 2018. First responders performed life‑saving measures but Mason was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial reports said he died from gun violence.

Mason also served as a firefighter with the Wewoka Fire Department and as an EMT for Hughes County EMS. He graduated from Byng High School in 2016 and from the Pontotoc Vo‑Tech Fire Academy, and was completing his CLEET training at the time of his death. The Hughes County Sheriff’s Office and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation handled the inquiry, and no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported.

He was buried at Rosedale Cemetery in Ada. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Deputy Mason, please share what you can.