David Ware sent to state prison in McAlester

MCALESTER, Okla. — David Ware was transferred to the state prison in McAlester to live out his days on death row.

Ware is now at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary after he was convicted of killing Tulsa Police Sergeant Craig Johnson and shooting Officer Aurash Zarkeshan at a traffic stop in June 2020.

A judge sentenced Ware to the death penalty last week for first-degree murder.

Ware received an additional sentence of life in prison for shooting Zarkeshan, and faces a combined 56 years in prison and more than $30 thousand in fines on three other convictions.