Report of man beating cat with golf club leads to Oklahoma City standoff

 
From Staff Reports
Published: April 7, 2009

What started off as a complaint of animal cruelty resulted in a five-hour standoff early this morning with police forcing entry into a southwest side apartment.

About 8 p.m. Monday, Oklahoma City police received a call that a man was killing a neighbor's cat with a golf club, Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said.

When officers arrived at 3131 SW 89 near Drexel, the man barricaded himself inside his apartment and re...


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