The first call came from the driver himself — sixty-seven minutes after impact, and not to the Highway Patrol or his own department. It went to a police line in another town, where Duncan Training Lieutenant Jarrod Bishop reported that he believed he had hit a deer.
The man on the bicycle was David Setayesh, 40, of Rush Springs — riding home with his girlfriend on the shoulder of US-81 on the night of August 20. Both bikes had working taillights. Bishop, 47 — the officer who trains Duncan’s officers — now faces a complaint that includes second-degree murder, and an affidavit from a crash-reconstruction trooper that dismantles the deer story piece by piece.
What the affidavit says
9:39 p.m. — the crash. Oklahoma Highway Patrol comms take a hit-and-run call from US-81 near Rose Road. Setayesh and his girlfriend were riding southbound on the shoulder, outside the lane of travel, and troopers verified both bikes’ red LED taillights working at the scene. The impact happened on the shoulder. The debris field stretched 150 to 200 feet past the point of impact — and in it lay an F-model badge and a Lariat badge, the pieces that identified the truck as a Ford F-150 Lariat.
10:46 p.m. — the deer call. Bishop called Marlow police himself — not Duncan, not the patrol — reporting that he believed he had struck “a deer or something in the roadway.” By then, troopers were already at Duncan Regional Hospital, where Setayesh had been pronounced dead.
10:51 p.m. — the driveway. Troopers found a white 2016 F-150 Lariat at Bishop’s Duncan home with a crushed front passenger side, a headlamp mostly missing, dark paint transfer — and dried biological evidence on the damaged fender. Inside: a strong air freshener smell, unusually clean seats, almost no personal belongings, and a roll of paper towels on the rear floorboard, about three-quarters used.
The account and the refusals. Bishop told troopers he got home around 10 p.m., drank three or four beers, and only then noticed the damage — a timeline that puts the drinking after the crash. Multiple troopers noted an odor of alcohol at the home and later at the hospital. He refused to consent to a chemical test, so the trooper obtained a warrant; samples were drawn at 1:51 a.m., more than four hours after impact, with results pending. He refused twice to provide his phone passcode.
The sixty-seven minutes
The affidavit documents the crash and the phone call. What it cannot document is the hour between them. Against that story it sets taillights that worked, an impact on the shoulder, a debris field two hundred feet long, and a truck identified by its own broken badges.
The complaint Duncan already had
The court file also shows Duncan Police were aware of a prior complaint against Bishop — a July incident at an OU football game in which video showed him pinning a person while off duty. No charges were ever filed.
The department’s answer
Because the suspect was one of Duncan’s own, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol took the case. Duncan PD declined comment, citing an ongoing internal investigation, and Bishop has been placed on administrative leave.
What happens next
Bishop was booked into the Stephens County Jail at 2:52 a.m. and posted $150,000 bond. A judge found probable cause on five counts: second-degree murder, driving under the influence, leaving the scene of a collision involving death, failure to stay in a single lane, and obstructing an officer. Formal charges are expected in September.
Setayesh’s family planned a vigil at Jeff Davis Park in Rush Springs the Friday after the crash — LED candles or flowers, no real fire — and a GoFundMe is raising money for the son he leaves behind.
Every count is an allegation right now. Bishop is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty — the same standard his badge was supposed to represent. This post will be updated as the case develops: formal charges, toxicology results, and any action from Duncan’s internal investigation.
He taught Duncan’s officers how this job is supposed to work — what did those sixty-seven minutes teach them?
Sources
KFOR · KSWO · KXII · The Oklahoman
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