A suspect wanted for the homicide of 32-year-old Jacob Price has been detained after a manhunt in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Ryan Archer, 36, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in a rural area, concluding a search that began Tuesday night and sparked advisories for residents to stay indoors. Archer was apprehended in a wooded location without a weapon, although authorities previously recovered a gun earlier in the manhunt, as per information from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported by KOCO 5.
The incident that led to Archer's arrest occurred on November 19, when Midwest City Police responded to a 911 call requesting an ambulance near E Reno Avenue and Air Depot Boulevard. Court documents indicate that Jacob Price, who was found with a gunshot wound and later died at the hospital, was upset over a breakup with an ex-girlfriend. According to a statement obtained by OKC FOX, after telling his mother he would be outside and return shortly, she heard a gunshot and discovered her son wounded at the doorway.
During the investigation, a witness came forward indicating that Archer had confessed to them about getting into an altercation and shooting a man in what he claimed was self-defense, as noted by OKC FOX. He expressed an inability to turn himself in due to his reluctance to face incarceration. This lead eventually aided the authorities in locating Archer and taking him into custody yesterday.
The shock of the community resonates through the words of Larry, who witnessed Price's final moments. "He was just bleeding everywhere and I didn't know where it was specifically, I was doing what I could," Larry told KFOR. Describing Price as a "good kid who would never hurt anyone," Larry's account sheds a personal light on the aftermath of the violent incident. In response to the tragedy, Price's family has set up a GoFundMe to help cover memorial and funeral service costs, a testament to a community grappling with loss and seeking justice.
