NARCOTICS AGENT SHOOTS, KILLS MAN DURING RAID

SPARKS -- A state narcotics agent shot and killed a Lincoln County
man during a Tuesday morning drug raid. Kirk M. Massie, 48, died
after being shot three times by an agent after barricading himself in
a bathroom and pointing a double-barreled shotgun at officers, said
Mark Woodward, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Control spokesman. The name of the undercover agent who shot Massie
is not being released. Narcotics agents and Lincoln County deputies
went to Massie's home to serve a search warrant.

Agents have been investigating Massie for two years and suspect that
he was "a big-time supplier" of methamphetamine, Woodward said. "A
lot of people have been trying to get him for some time," said Ed
Williamson, Lincoln County undersheriff. When agents broke down
Massie's front door, he grabbed a shotgun and some drugs and fled
into a bathroom.

Agents ordered him out, but he refused to comply. Agents then broke
through the bathroom door and ordered him to drop his gun. Massie
then raised up with the shotgun and pointed it at arresting officers,
Woodward said. That's when a narcotics agent shot him. Massie wasn't
a typical meth cooker, Woodward said. He was known to make large
quantities -- up to 5 pounds a week -- at an underground concrete
bunker near his Chandler house. Such quantities could sell for
"hundreds of thousands of dollars," Woodward said. Massie was also
security-conscious. His Sparks home had hidden surveillance cameras
mounted on the house and in bushes.

They were wired to three television monitors inside. "He had some
warning that we were coming," Woodward said. "We're fortunate he
didn't come out firing." Massie served time for two Lincoln County
firearms convictions and four Seminole County drug convictions, state
Corrections Department records show. Massie's Chandler home also was
searched Tuesday. The bunker there also had surveillance equipment, a
phone and a drug lab. Police are questioning two people who were at
the Sparks home when the shooting took place.

Their identities have not been released. Authorities think Massie's
drug operation could involve more people, Williamson said. The
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the shooting,
said Lorna Palmer, agency spokeswoman. Results of the investigation
will be given to the Lincoln County district attorney's office. The
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control is
considering temporary administrative leave for the agent who fired
the shots, Woodward said.