Left inset: Kyle Shackelford (Garvin County Jail). Right inset: Rylee Shackelford (Winans Funeral Home). Background: The Walmart in Pauls Valley, Okla., where cops first encountered Kyle Shackelford after he allegedly gunned down his wife, Rylee Shackelford, on May 26, 2025 (Google Maps).
A jealous, drunk Oklahoma husband shot his wife dead inside his Ford F-350 after she received a phone call from another man, then drove her bleeding body to a Walmart to meet paramedics, police say.
Kyle Shackelford, 32, is charged with manslaughter for killing his wife, Rylee Shackelford, 25, on May 26, according to court records.
The arrest affidavit, obtained by Law&Crime, outlined what occurred that Monday night before officers met with the Shackelfords at a Walmart in Garvin County, located at 2008 West Grant Avenue in Pauls Valley.
Kyle Shackelford allegedly flew into a deadly, drunken rage after answering his wife”s phone and finding her former boyfriend — now just a “friend” — on the other end, according to police who interviewed the man.
“[The former boyfriend] said that he had received two missed calls from Rylee earlier that night and when [the friend] returned the video call to Rylee, Kyle answered the phone asking who [the friend] was,” the affidavit alleges. “[The friend] said he heard Rylee in the background asking for her phone back. When the call disconnected, [the friend] attempted to call back several times with no answer. [The friend] received a Snapchat text that read, ‘Please stop before I get my a— beat, I’m begging you.’ [The friend] answered the text but never heard from Rylee again.”
Love true crime? Sign up for our newsletter, The Law&Crime Docket, to get the latest real-life crime stories delivered right to your inbox.
Cops met up with Kyle Shackelford, who was with his father-in-law inside the F-350 at the Pauls Valley Walmart just before 3 a.m., according to police. They found Rylee Shackelford unconscious in the passenger seat — pale, not breathing, and turning blue. The couple had been at a local casino earlier in the night and Kyle Shackelford had been drinking heavily there after downing “7, 8 beers from 4 or 5 o’clock,” per investigators.
Surveillance video allegedly shows the defendant ordering “double Apple Crown (whiskey) and Sprite along with a double Malibu, a mixed drink containing rum, two different times,” according to the affidavit. He was spotted drinking both whiskey and part of the rum drink, cops say. Kyle Shackelford was also allegedly captured on surveillance buying “BuzzBallz Chillers” at a local store before the fatal shooting.
The couple had been at a casino and had just arrived home when the conflict began, according to the affidavit. The couple first fought in the house, then both went out to the couple’s truck.
“Kyle said that while he and Rylee were seated in his truck … Kyle moved a pistol from where he had placed it on the console,” the affidavit alleges. “The gun fired once, striking Rylee in the left side.”
During his police interview and while speaking to cops at 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 while he and Rylee Shackelford were “bickering.” He told investigators at the station that “he and Rylee ‘had been fighting’ after a friend of a friend called Rylee’s phone.” Kyle and Rylee Shackelford then began to argue.
“Kyle said he was frustrated and went outside to his truck,” the affidavit alleges. “Kyle admitted that he had been drinking and wasn’t leaving. Rylee got in the passenger seat of the truck as Kyle went to get in the driver’s side. Kyle said Rylee was mad and hitting the console where he had set a pistol.”
Kyle Shackelford claimed that as he went to “swipe” the pistol away from the console, it “went off” and shot Rylee Shackelford in the left abdomen. “Kyle said that he went inside to get Rylee’s father … to drive them to the hospital,” the affidavit says.
While on the phone with 911, Kyle Shackelford reported that he was in the truck with his wife to get medical attention and agreed to meet an ambulance at Walmart. Rylee Shackelford’s dad was allegedly driving, according to police.
When cops found the gun Kyle Shackelford allegedly used, it had one empty cartridge still chambered and three live cartridges loaded in the magazine, the affidavit says.
“The Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Report states that the bullet entered the left anterolateral chest, 16 inches down from the top of her head and 9 inches from the midline,” the document alleges. “The bullet fractured the left anterior rib #5, perforated the heart through the left ventricle and right atrium and was recovered in the right anterior chest wall. In the written report, no bullet damage was noted on the left arm which could indicate her left arm was pulled back or raised in a defensive manner.”
Kyle Shackelford was booked into the Garvin County Jail on Aug. 26 and was released after posting a $100,000 bond. He’s due back in court on Sept. 12.
