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Bobby Swartz

Death by Force
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In the heat of an Oklahoma August, a day tasked with the routine duty of serving an eviction notice tragically turned into a scene of violence and loss. On August 22, 2022, Oklahoma County Sheriff's Sergeant Bobby Swartz, a 58-year-old man and a 25-year veteran of the force, was fatally shot in the line of duty in southwest Oklahoma City. The events unfolded when Swartz and two other deputies, Mark Johns and Melody Norton, arrived at a residence near S.W. 78th and Youngs to serve lockout papers ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Bobby Swartz

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Oklahoma City

    OK

    2022-08-22

    58

    Bobby

    Swartz

    11/22/2025

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