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Edmond police officer granted Stand Your Ground immunity in brother’s shooting death. Prosecutors consider appeal as case continues. Learn about the legal battle and potential next steps.
Jennifer Pierce
November 20, 2025 05:31 PM
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Edmond police officer wins Stand Your Ground immunity as prosecutors weigh appeal
Edmond police officer granted Stand Your Ground immunity in brother’s shooting death. Prosecutors consider appeal as case continues. Learn about the legal battle and potential next steps.
EDMOND, Okla. -An Edmond police officer’s fight for immunity from charges stemming from the shooting death of her brother continues. Even though a judge reversed her own decision now granting the officer immunity.
Despite the judge’s order allowing Lieutenant Jennifer Haddock immunity, the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office could appeal the decision and take the case to trial.
A little over a year ago Haddock and her defense team went to court fighting for immunity under the state’s Stand Your Ground law. Prosecutors charged the Edmond police officer with manslaughter for the August 2023 shooting death of her brother Sean Haddock.
Haddock testified she was off-duty and went to her mother’s Edmond home, where her brother occasionally lived. Police said an argument over furniture broke out between Haddock and her brother while their mother was moving. Haddock told the court she shot her brother fearing he was going to attack her. The judge denied Haddock immunity after hearing two days of testimony.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the judge’s decision last week ordering her to re-review the case. The judge issued a six-page order on Wednesday granting Haddock immunity, saying, “the evidence did not show that the Defendant intentionally provoked the victim to use or attempt to use unlawful physical or deadly force.”
Haddock’s attorney Patrick Quillian said in a statement issued on Thursday, “We are pleased the court has granted Ms. Haddock immunity but reserve further comment at this time, as we are awaiting the state’s decision whether to appeal or not.”
The Oklahoma County DA’s office said it was reviewing the judge’s order and has not made a decision on Haddock’s case.
The officer remains on paid leave from the City of Edmond.
Jennifer Pierce
Jennifer Pierce has been on staff with News 9 since 2017. She’s an Emmy Award-winning reporter often covering crime in the metro and court cases. A proud member of the Choctaw Nation and a member of the Indigenous Journalists Association, Jennifer also enjoys telling the stories of Native Americans in Oklahoma.
