Edmond Police Officer seeks immunity in manslaughter case
EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — Attorneys for an Edmond Officer accused of killing her brother, are now trying to get the case thrown out.
The shooting happened last August while Jennifer Haddock was off-duty.
Haddock and her team are seeking immunity under Oklahoma's Stand Your Ground Law, while prosecutors argue otherwise.
"Hey it's Haddock, I just shot my brother," Jennifer Haddock said on the 911 call.
That's Jennifer Haddock, a Lieutenant with the Edmond Police Department, calling 911 after shooting her brother, Sean Haddock, in August 2023 at her mother's apartment.
"I don't have an exit wound," Haddock said. "I've got a plastic bag over his chest. He was shot with a .40 caliber pistol. He was shot in the upper right pectoral muscle."
The District Attorney later charged Haddock with first-degree manslaughter. Over the last year, multiple hearings have been postponed, until Tuesday.
The family was in court to hear what unfolded in the moments before as Haddock took the stand.
She says an argument over furniture ended with her shooting her brother.
According to a past police report, Haddock told officers her brother was "screaming and aggressively approached her to where she was backed against a wall."
In court Tuesday, Haddock's attorney argued she was in an unpredictable and dangerous situation involving her brother.
They want the judge to throw out the case on immunity under Oklahoma's Stand Your Ground Law.
This law includes the use of deadly force if someone reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm.
However, the prosecution's argument is that it did not reach that point, and Haddock was never in fear of her life against her brother, Sean.
While Haddock was being questioned on the stand, time became an issue for both attorneys as well as the judge.
The hearing is set to resume Friday at 10 a.m.