Disturbance call in Tyler leads to officer-involved shooting
Posted/updated on: June 6, 2025 at 9:23 am
TYLER – The Tyler Police Department said that a 38-year-old man was killed in an officer-involved shooting on Thursday night, according to our news partner KETK.
Officers responded to the 3100 block of Cascades Court at around 7 p.m. on Thursday for a report of a suspicious person and a disturbance inside of a home. When officers entered the home, Tyler PD said an officer-involved shooting injured John Augustine Tangney O’Kelly, 38 of Tyler. O’Kelly was then taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Texas Rangers are currently investigating the shooting.
