Shooter set for jury trial sounding docket

A Dallas, Texas man charged in the July 2021 shooting of two men on Interstate-40 near Vian has been set for a Dec. 8 jury trial sounding docket, according to Sequoyah County court records.

Lee B. King, 28, is charged in Sequoyah County District Court with two felony counts of shooting with intent to kill, two counts of maiming, and one count of attempted robbery in the first degree.

King last appeared in court on Nov. 28 before Judge Jeffrey Payton.

King shot three people on July 17, 2021, in two separate incidents and was formally charged in Sequoyah County District Court on July 23, 2021.

Sheriff Larry Lane Jr. said King began his crime spree earlier that day when he carjacked and robbed an Oklahoma City woman. He shot the woman and pawned some of her belongings in Tulsa before driving her car, a silver Nissan, until he ran out of gas at the 293 mile marker, just four miles from the Vian exit.

OSBI reported Lee then flagged down two Arkansas men who were traveling westbound on I-40, told them he was out of gas and needed a ride to the nearest gas station.

The two good Samaritans, Derek Riggs and Jake Myers, both of Greenwood, Ark. reportedly took Lee to Love’s car stop in Vian where they can be seen on surveillance video purchasing a gas can and gas for Lee.

The two then take King back to the unknowing stolen car where he reportedly shoots both of them while they were still inside the vehicle they were driving.

“After King shot them they ran from the vehicle in an attempt to get away from him. A passerby later found both of them lying in the grass on the side of I-40 and notified authorities,” Lane said.

Riggs was reportedly shot at least twice in the abdomen, while Myers was shot in the face.

Authorities attempted to locate King in a wooded perimeter of where the two men were shot but later found out he’d returned to the car, put gas in and took off.

OSBI was able to link King to the crime after the OSBI Latent Evidence Unit collected evidence from the Nissan that was later abandoned in Antlers. Police also reported finding a shell casing matching the gun used to shoot the two good Samaritans just outside Vian.

Later on, an Antlers police officer attempted to pull King over for a traffic violation but he led the officer to a dead end road where he ditched the car and disappeared into a heavily wooded area.

U.S. Marshals, OSBI, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OKC Police and other law enforcement officers found King in a relative’s apartment in Dallas, ending the manhunt for him. Authorities said King has lengthly criminal histories in Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas.