Wife, Family Raise Questions After Okla. Pastor Shot by Police

The wife and family of an Oklahoma pastor are raising questions after the pastor was fatally shot by police, allegedly after an altercation broke out among rising flood waters. 

Capt. Paul Timmons of Oklahoma Highway Patrol has claimed that a roadside incident this past Friday left Tulsa resident Nehemiah Fischer dead near Tulsa's Hectorville Road, while another assailant, Brandon Fischer, had been booked at the local jail Saturday for assaulting a police officer and public intoxication.

According to the police officer's account of events, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol had received a call of an abandoned motorist due to rising flood waters on Friday. When the troopers, whose names have not been released, arrived at the scene, there was reportedly a scuffle between them and Nehemiah and Brandon after the two were asked to leave their vehicles.

The incident ended in Nehemiah being shot by officers, with the police department alleging Nehemiah and his brother had attacked the officers at some point.

Family members of Nehemiah and his brother are now questioning the officers' account of events from Friday night, arguing it is not like Nehemiah, the assistant pastor at Faith Bible Church in Tulsa, to act aggressive toward anyone, especially a police officer.

"It just didn't happen. Anyone who knows Nehemiah knows he would never charge someone who is an officer. That's just not him. It doesn't make any sense," Faith Bible Church Pastor Don Hargrove told The Tulsa World. "There's no reason for some guy like Nehemiah, or anyone, who's trying to get his truck out of the water to turn around and assault some police officers."

"They would not have gone after the trooper [...] they would not do that on their own volition," Nehemiah's wife Laura added to FOX23 local news.

 Capt. Timmons has said it's a "matter of time" before the officers involved in Friday's incident go on leave pending an internal investigation.