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Tomas Contreras

Death by Force
Case Description
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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
  • CCSO: Arrest Warrant Issued For Murder Suspect In Hinton
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    Victim Details

    Tomas Contreras

    Male

    Hispanic / Latino

    Hinton

    OK

    2015-10-24

    23

    Tomas

    Contreras

    11/24/2025

    Forum Posts (3)
    Has anyone else been struck by the sheer resilience Luis Morales must have shown during the whole or... ...Read More
    11/07/2024
    Hey everyone, I've been digging into the case details and can't stop thinking about Tomas's last mom... ...Read More
    03/07/2024
    Hey everyone,
    I wanted to talk a bit about the impact this case has had on the Hinton community.... ...Read More
    08/26/2023
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