Good Guy with a Gun #243: Tulsa, OK
A piece of paper and a friend with a gun. Only one of them could protect her. | Original incident: July 1, 2024
These posts are based on our Good Guy with a Gun calendar. Today’s post is essentially the same as the calendar version.
Daniel Matute’s estranged wife had an order of protection against him. Nevertheless, at around 7 PM on a Monday evening, he approached her and a group of friends outside a QuickTrip. He had a gun.
So did a friend in the group. That person — male or female, I don’t know — drew his gun and told Matute to back off and lower his gun.
Matute pointed his gun at the friend instead. The friend fired three rounds, hitting Matute twice.
Matute was expected to recover, but he died at the hospital five days later.
A protective order is a piece of paper. It wasn't enough to stop Daniel Matute.
Sources
News on 6 covered the initial incident and followed up when Matute died.
KTUL did likewise: initial incident, follow-up.
Fox 23 did the same, but it was all encapsulated in a single updated article.
The News and Observer covered the incident in one article.
TulsaWorld has a paywalled article.
2A / specialist media
Sean Holt covered this story for USACarry.
Smoketales did a short, featuring none of their usual colorful commentary.
We once had neighbors with a different outcome. She finally left him -- he was very abusive -- and had a restraining order, but he found out where she'd moved and came and killed her. We didn't know them, just about them, but it broke my heart.