Norman man sentenced to life for fatal 2016 shooting
NORMAN — A felon who told police he had been on a “crime spree” has pleaded guilty to multiple offenses, including firstdegree murder, committed in June 2016.
Patrick Richard Kibler, 29, of Norman, was sentenced Friday in Cleveland County District Court to life in prison for the fatal Norman shooting of Richard William Taylor. The punishment was the result of a plea agreement.
Taylor, 63, was found dead inside his home June 23, 2016. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, according to the
state medical examiner.
Kibler and Taylor knew each other but a motive for the killing is unknown, prosecutors said. Kibler’s girlfriend was Taylor’s neighbor, according to prosecutors.
Kibler got in an argument with a woman June 26, 2016, in Oklahoma City. Kibler struck the woman in the head with a handgun, knocking her unconscious, police reported.
The next day, Kibler shot Domeneco Massey in the head and stole his wallet and 2008 Mercedes-Benz R350, Kibler admitted in plea paperwork.
Massey survived, and he was able to tell police that the shooter identified himself as an Irish Mob gang member and went by the name “Kidd,” police reported.
Kibler was arrested a few hours later in the stolen vehicle after a police pursuit. He later told an officer he had “been on a recent crime spree,” an Oklahoma City police detective reported in a court affidavit.
When arrested, Kibler had a loaded .22-caliber pistol, a baggie of methamphetamine and a wallet containing Massey’s driver’s license. He also had personal identification and property belonging to the Norman murder victim, according to the affidavit.
After being in Oklahoma County jail about a month, Kibler stabbed another inmate multiple times with a “shank,” authorities reported.
Last year, Kibler pleaded guilty in three separate Oklahoma County cases related to the Oklahoma City crimes. As part of a plea deal, Kibler was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the multiple assault and battery offenses and other felonies, documents show.
The Cleveland County murder case had been delayed because of questions about Kibler’s competency. He pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced.
Kibler won’t begin serving his life sentence until he completes the 35-year sentence, which could be reduced with time-off credits, prosecutors said.
Kibler has been to prison before. He spent about six years beginning in 2008 for a Cleveland County conviction of assault and battery with a deadly weapon, records show.