A family, a sheriff’s office, and a community in Oklahoma are living with an absence that cannot be repaired. Deputy Sheriff Thomas “Walker” LeMay was 30 years old when his life ended in gunfire on April 19, 2026, leaving behind the unbearable fact that a person who went to help someone else would not return. LeMay served with the LeFlore County Sheriffs Office. His final call was a welfare check at a residence off Highway 270 in Wister, a response grounded in concern for another person’s well-being. He was struck during an exchange of gunfire and pronounced dead at the scene. The loss is permanent,…

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