Oklahoma farmer killed by water buffalo he bought at auction just a day prior

Two "aggressive" h2o buffaloes fatally attacked an Oklahoma antheral earlier confronting — and delaying — constabulary and firefighters who responded to attraction for the victim, authorities said Monday.

Brad McMichael, 45, died connected Friday from injuries helium sustained from the ample animals helium had purchased astatine auction a time prior, his household and constabulary said.

The exigency telephone for assistance came astatine astir 8:35 p.m. section clip successful the tiny municipality of Jones, astir 20 miles extracurricular of Oklahoma City, Jones Police Chief Bryan Farrington said successful a statement.

First responders, however, were "initially incapable to scope the unfortunate owed to the assertive behaviour of the animals."

"Briefly, possibly 3 (minutes)," Jones Deputy Police Chief Sony Nohmer told NBC News erstwhile describing the hold successful care.

First responders killed 1 h2o buffalo, allowing them to get to McMichael, who “had sustained aggregate heavy lacerations that proved to beryllium fatal,” Farrington said.

McMichael’s fiancée, Jennifer Green, said that the hold was inconsequential. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

"I was there," Green said.

As archetypal responders continued their work, a 2nd h2o buffalo "became progressively agitated and posed a menace to exigency personnel" and those connected tract that were besides dispatched, according to the constabulary statement.

Green said that she believes McMichael was preparing h2o for the animals erstwhile they attacked, and helium would person ne'er carelessly enactment himself successful a unsafe position.

"He wouldn't person been casual and, similar I said, helium was precise experienced," Green said. "So we don't cognize however helium got successful that situation. But the banal tanks were not afloat of h2o yet. So we're not definite if helium was dumping them retired to capable them with caller h2o earlier helium left. But that's erstwhile it happened."

Running the workplace had been a "dream" travel existent for McMichael.

"Most are alert by present we mislaid Bradley connected Friday successful a tragic accident," Green said successful a connection she posted connected the McMichael Farms Facebook page. "His workplace was his dream, and I had the privilege of helping him with it for a small while."

McMichael was survived by his 21-year-old lad Rylan, his ex-wife Amy Smith, a sister, a mother, and a grandmother.

The onshore wherever McMichael was raising cattle, lamb, and goats has been successful the household for astatine slightest 3 generations, Smith and Green said. Smith explained that the workplace "was everything to him, it's what helium lived for."

"Farming, our lad and the assemblage of Jones meant everything to him," she added. "He was a antheral that was brought up successful that municipality and was ne'er ever going to leave."

Green said she's been overwhelmed by the good wishes coming from Jones residents.

"I don't cognize if [McMichael] knew that radical loved him arsenic overmuch arsenic they do," she said.

This nonfiction was primitively published connected NBCNews.com