Left inset: Kyle Shackelford (Garvin County Jail). Right inset: Rylee Shackelford (Winans Funeral Home). Background: The Walmart successful Pauls Valley, Okla., wherever cops archetypal encountered Kyle Shackelford aft helium allegedly gunned down his wife, Rylee Shackelford, connected May 26, 2025 (Google Maps).
A jealous, drunk Oklahoma husband changeable his wife dormant wrong his Ford F-350 aft she received a telephone telephone from different man, past drove her bleeding assemblage to a Walmart to conscionable paramedics, constabulary say.
Kyle Shackelford, 32, is charged with manslaughter for sidesplitting his wife, Rylee Shackelford, 25, connected May 26, according to court records.
The apprehension affidavit, obtained by Law&Crime, outlined what occurred that Monday nighttime earlier officers met with the Shackelfords astatine a Walmart successful Garvin County, located astatine 2008 West Grant Avenue successful Pauls Valley.
Kyle Shackelford allegedly flew into a deadly, drunken rage aft answering his wife's telephone and uncovering her erstwhile fellow — present conscionable a "friend" — connected the different end, according to constabulary who interviewed the man.
"[The erstwhile boyfriend] said that helium had received 2 missed calls from Rylee earlier that nighttime and erstwhile [the friend] returned the video telephone to Rylee, Kyle answered the telephone asking who [the friend] was," the affidavit alleges. "[The friend] said helium heard Rylee successful the inheritance asking for her telephone back. When the telephone disconnected, [the friend] attempted to telephone backmost respective times with nary answer. [The friend] received a Snapchat substance that read, 'Please halt earlier I get my a— beat, I'm begging you.' [The friend] answered the substance but ne'er heard from Rylee again."
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Cops met up with Kyle Shackelford, who was with his father-in-law wrong the F-350 astatine the Pauls Valley Walmart conscionable earlier 3 a.m., according to police. They recovered Rylee Shackelford unconscious successful the rider spot — pale, not breathing, and turning blue. The mates had been astatine a section casino earlier successful the nighttime and Kyle Shackelford had been drinking heavy determination aft downing "7, 8 beers from 4 oregon 5 o'clock," per investigators.
Surveillance video allegedly shows the defendant ordering "double Apple Crown (whiskey) and Sprite on with a treble Malibu, a mixed portion containing rum, 2 antithetic times," according to the affidavit. He was spotted drinking some whiskey and portion of the rum drink, cops say. Kyle Shackelford was besides allegedly captured connected surveillance buying "BuzzBallz Chillers" astatine a section store earlier the fatal shooting.
The mates had been astatine a casino and had conscionable arrived location erstwhile the struggle began, according to the affidavit. The mates archetypal fought successful the house, past some went retired to the couple's truck.
"Kyle said that portion helium and Rylee were seated successful his motortruck … Kyle moved a pistol from wherever helium had placed it connected the console," the affidavit alleges. "The weapon fired once, striking Rylee successful the near side."
During his constabulary interrogation and portion speaking to cops astatine the Walmart, Kyle Shackelford allegedly exhibited signs that indicated a "noticeable level" of intoxication, including "red watery eyes and a slurred speech," the affidavit says.
Kyle Shackelford allegedly said the shooting unfolded portion helium and Rylee Shackelford were "bickering." He told investigators astatine the presumption that "he and Rylee 'had been fighting' aft a person of a person called Rylee's phone." Kyle and Rylee Shackelford past began to argue.
"Kyle said helium was frustrated and went extracurricular to his truck," the affidavit alleges. "Kyle admitted that helium had been drinking and wasn't leaving. Rylee got successful the rider spot of the motortruck arsenic Kyle went to get successful the driver's side. Kyle said Rylee was huffy and hitting the console wherever helium had acceptable a pistol."
Kyle Shackelford claimed that arsenic helium went to "swipe" the pistol distant from the console, it "went off" and changeable Rylee Shackelford successful the near abdomen. "Kyle said that helium went wrong to get Rylee's begetter … to thrust them to the hospital," the affidavit says.
While connected the telephone with 911, Kyle Shackelford reported that helium was successful the motortruck with his woman to get aesculapian attraction and agreed to conscionable an ambulance astatine Walmart. Rylee Shackelford's dada was allegedly driving, according to police.
When cops recovered the weapon Kyle Shackelford allegedly used, it had 1 bare cartridge inactive chambered and 3 unrecorded cartridges loaded successful the magazine, the affidavit says.
"The Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's Report states that the slug entered the near anterolateral chest, 16 inches down from the apical of her caput and 9 inches from the midline," the papers alleges. "The slug fractured the near anterior rib #5, perforated the bosom done the near ventricle and close atrium and was recovered successful the close anterior thorax wall. In the written report, nary slug harm was noted connected the near limb which could bespeak her near limb was pulled backmost oregon raised successful a antiaircraft manner."
Kyle Shackelford was booked into the Garvin County Jail connected Aug. 26 and was released aft posting a $100,000 bond. He's owed backmost successful tribunal connected Sept. 12.