SHOOTING OF SPARKS MAN CONSIDERED JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE

A state undercover drug agent who shot and killed an armed Sparks man at
his home Tuesday will not face criminal charges.

Lincoln/Pottawatomie County District Attorney Kay Christiansen has ruled
the death of Kirk Massie, 48, as justifiable homicide, she said Friday
afternoon.

Massie was shot and killed by an undercover Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics
and Dangerous Drugs agent as authorities executed a search warrant for
methamphetamine at Massie's rural Sparks home.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation launched an immediate
investigation of the shooting.

Her decision not to press charges resulted from evidence gathered in that
investigation, she said.

"It was clearly self-defense," Christiansen said.

While the district attorney said the shooting death was unfortunate, she
also said agents that day faced a scenario agents never want or expect when
serving search warrants.

When agents entered Massie's home, he was armed with a double-barrel
shotgun, said OBNDD spokesman Mark Woodward.

Massie was hiding in the bathroom when agents forced the door open and
ordered Massie to drop his weapon, Woodward said.

The suspect reportedly refused to drop the shotgun and raised the weapon in
a threatening manner before he was shot several times, the spokesman said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Massie reportedly was holding a plastic bag containing a substance believed
to be methamphetamine, Woodward said.

After the raid, agents also found cameras and a microphone in the front
yard of the residence; monitors were reportedly stationed through the house.

Woodward said those items posed a dangerous situation for agents.

Agents also discovered a 20-foot by 20-foot underground concrete bunker
containing more monitors and a methamphetamine lab, he said.

An in-depth investigation led to the Tuesday delivery of the search
warrant. The OBNDD reportedly had Massie under surveillance the past two
years, officials said.

Massie reportedly had prior convictions in Seminole and Lincoln counties.
He also had served prison time with the Department of Corrections, records
indicate.

Funeral services for Massie are scheduled today in Chandler.