BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.com
A man being treated for schizophrenia pleaded guilty Thursday to killing a parole officer with the officer's gun and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Lester Kinchion, 21, of Midwest City, agreed to a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty if convicted at trial of killing Jeffery Matthew McCoy.
Kinchion was charged with first-degree murder in the May 18 shooting death of McCoy, 32, of Norman, a parole and probation officer with the state Corrections Department.
Kinchion also pleaded guilty to two weapons-related charges and received a second life sentence plus 10 years.
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