Teens charged in June 4 shooting death of Lawton man

Four people, including three teens, have been arrested in the June 4 fatal shooting of a Lawton man, 23.

Sgt. Christopher Blessing, Lawton Police Department information officer, said the four people were under arrest but declined to comment regarding their roles and what happened that led to the shooting death of Sir Daniel Smith.

Smith was shot and killed around 7 p.m. last week in the 1100 block of Northwest Smith Avenue. He was seen talking with someone inside a gray van or SUV moments before the sound of several gunshots rang out, according to a witness.

Police found Smith lying on the ground and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Blessing said. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A neighbor’s security camera captured video of the vehicle driving away.

According to the probable cause affidavits filed Tuesday in Comanche County District Court, police found the suspect vehicle less than an hour after the shooting. Three individuals ran when police stopped the vehicle. Dwayne M. Smith Jr., Demontez Mountain and Prince Kenneth Larry Krushall were arrested.

Mountain told investigators he’d been riding in the rear cargo area of the SUV at the time of the shooting but said he didn’t know who fired the gun, the affidavit states. He said he believed two people fired shots before the SUV drove away. After looking back and seeing Smith on the ground, he said he told the others, “I think you all just killed him,” according to Detective Xavier Evans.

Mountain said two people inside the SUV were dropped off at a home in the Lee West Addition and another dropped off at the Country Club Estates Addition. He identified another juvenile in the vehicle and said that teen, along with Krushall, Dwayne Smith and another juvenile identified as “C.J.” as pulling up on Smith with guns drawn and confronting him.

“What up with that 5K (5 Killer)?” they said, according to Mountain. “I’ll smoke you right here.”

That’s when shots rang out, according to Mountain. He said all three juveniles had guns and began shooting. He said the others in the SUV had weapons, including himself, but didn’t use them, the affidavit states.

Dwayne Smith Jr., 15; Mountain, 17; and Krushall, 15; each made initial appearances Tuesday in Comanche County District Court where they were charged as youthful offenders with felony counts of use of vehicle in the discharge of a weapon, records indicate. The crime is punishable by between two years to life in prison.

Due to the violent nature of the allegations, the teens are being charged as youthful offenders, meaning they are held accountable as adults.

Each teen is being held on $250,000 bond.

Smith’s death is the city’s seventh via homicide this year, according to Constitution records.