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Tomas Contreras

Case from Hinton, OK dated Oct 24, 2015

Victim Details

Tomas Contreras

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Hinton

OK

2015-10-24

23

Tomas

Contreras

07/08/2026

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Tomas Contreras, a 23-year-old Mexican man, was shot to death on Saturday, October 24, 2015, in rural western Canadian County near Hinton, Oklahoma, later remembered online among those lost to gun violence that day. In the darkness of the early morning, what had begun as another quiet weekend in that stretch of countryside turned into a short, violent episode that would leave one man dead, another badly wounded and investigators racing to understand who had opened fire and why.

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  • KOCO: CCSO: Man wanted in connection with Hinton shooting turns himself in
  • Canadian County murder suspect turns himself in
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    Has anyone else been struck by the sheer resilience Luis Morales must have shown during the whole or... ...Read More
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    Hey everyone, I've been digging into the case details and can't stop thinking about Tomas's last mom... ...Read More
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