GRANTS, N.M. (KRQE) – A man accused of shooting a police officer in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, was taken into custody in New Mexico Monday.
Multiple law enforcement agencies surrounded Billy Wayne Williams’ car parked outside a Walmart, Grants Police said. As law enforcement went to confront him, Williams shot himself and was taken to Cibola General Hospital and later transferred to an Albuquerque hospital, according to police.
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Williams is currently in critical but stable condition, and the FBI has taken custody of him.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol told the Grants Police Department to keep an eye out for Williams, who was believed to be an armed and dangerous person. Grants Police officers used a license plate reader to find Williams’ car around 7:42 a.m. before tracking it to a Walmart parking lot.
The officer Williams is accused of shooting in the face during a traffic stop Sunday night was treated and released from the hospital, according to CBS affiliate News on 6 in Tulsa.