Garland Lee Garrison, Officer

Oklahoma City Airport Police

About 8:30 A.M. on Wednesday, September 19, 1979, Officer Garrison, 50, and his partner Teresa Wells, 24, responded to a call of a woman with a young boy walking near the airport, throwing clothes in the street and acting strangely. The officers encountered Rita Nauni, 31, and her 10-year-old son, Raymond, in the 5400 block of South Meridian. As Garrison was placing the young Raymond in the police car, Rita Nauni attacked Officer Wells and gained control of her service weapon. Nauni then shot Garrison under the right armpit and Wells in the upper left thigh. Nauni then got in the police car and drove away. She was apprehended a short time later following a pursuit and a collision with other police cars at NW 39th and the south bound I-44 entrance ramp. Garrison died shortly after arriving at South Community Hospital. Officer Wells survived her wound. Garrison left behind his wife, Evva, and four children.