Deputies ‘died doing what they loved,’ Seminole County sheriff says
WEWOKA — When Ezekiel Holbert was released from the Seminole County jail less than three months ago, he was stranded 20 miles from home in the rain with no shoes.
Seminole County Sheriff Shannon Smith drove him home that day. He shook his head Monday, saying he had no way of knowing he was doing a good deed for a man who would later be accused of gunning down two of his deputies.
Holbert, 26, was c...
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