1 dead, 14 injured in mass shooting at southwest OKC Halloween party
JOSEPH. THANK YOU. LET’S GET TO THAT. BREAKING NEWS NOW THIS MORNING A MASS SHOOTING AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY AT AN EVENT CENTER IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA CITY. POLICE SAY AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND ONE PERSON WAS KILLED. KOCO CREWS WERE ON THAT SCENE ALL MORNING AS PEOPLE AS POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING. MULTIPLE UNITS WERE THERE ON THE SCENE. YELLOW CRIME SCENE TAPE BLOCKED OFF THE AREA FOR HOURS. WE DO KNOW IT HAPPENED AROUND 1230 NEAR SOUTHWEST 59TH AND AGNEW. OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE SAY IT STARTED AS AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO GROUPS. THEY BELIEVE THERE WERE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS INVOLVED. MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE DETAINED. WE’RE GOING TO INTERVIEW EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT LED UP TO THIS EVENT? OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THERE WERE RIFLES AND DIFFERENT GUNS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING THERE. THEY ARE STILL TALKING TO ANYONE THEY CAN TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WITNESSES TO TALK TO AND PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW. ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE OR PHONE VIDEOS THAT THESE WITNESSES HAVE. WE’RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT. OUR DETECTIVES WILL MAKE SURE TO TO TALK TO EVERYONE AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY OCCURRED INSIDE THE BUILDING AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. WE DO KNOW AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE VICTIMS ARE IN CRITICAL
Two arrests, 1 dead, 14 injured in mass shooting at southwest OKC Halloween party
Oklahoma City police officials said a person died and 14 people were injured in a mass shooting at a Halloween party at an event center early Saturday.
Oklahoma City police officials said a person died and 14 people were injured in a mass shooting at a Halloween party at an event center early Saturday. >> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. Saturday near Southwest 59th Street and Agnew Avenue. Police told KOCO 5 that the shooting started as an argument between two groups, and they believe multiple shooters were involved. “Multiple people are detained. We’re going to interview them and figure out what led up to this event,” Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said. Just before 4 p.m. Saturday, Littlejohn said two arrests had been made in connection with the shootings.Police said they are still talking to anyone they can to figure out exactly what happened. >> Download the KOCO 5 App“We still have a lot of witnesses to talk to and people to interview,” Littlejohn said. “Any kind of evidence or phone videos that these witnesses have, we’re going to go through all of that. We’re going to work with our detectives to figure out what exactly occurred inside the building and outside the building.”All 14 injured were taken to local hospitals with at least two victims listed in critical condition after the shooting, according to police. Information about the person who died has not been released. Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt addressed the shootings in a Facebook post Saturday afternoon saying recent shootings have fit a familiar pattern, “young men (boys, really) making terrible decisions with grave consequences.”Holt also said law enforcement must continue to be funded and supported, but that investing in the city’s youth is imperative.“The most important thing we can do at the local level to prevent these tragic events is to keep investing in our young people. When we cut the ribbon on a new soccer field, we’re not trying to create the next Messi. We’re giving young people an outlet, and data shows us that young people who stay in school and are engaged in extracurricular activities are far less likely to find themselves shooting each other at midnight,” Holt wrote.Top HeadlinesWendy Camp and her family vanished in rural Oklahoma. Another family member had questions.1 dead after at least 12 people shot at southwest OKC Halloween party, police sayMembers of national crime ring busted by Edmond, OKC policeMan looking for answers after sister killed in hit-and-run collision in southwest OklahomaOklahoma and Texas reach $10 million settlement in boundary dispute
Oklahoma City police officials said a person died and 14 people were injured in a mass shooting at a Halloween party at an event center early Saturday.
>> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. Saturday near Southwest 59th Street and Agnew Avenue. Police told KOCO 5 that the shooting started as an argument between two groups, and they believe multiple shooters were involved.
“Multiple people are detained. We’re going to interview them and figure out what led up to this event,” Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said.
Just before 4 p.m. Saturday, Littlejohn said two arrests had been made in connection with the shootings.
Police said they are still talking to anyone they can to figure out exactly what happened.
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“We still have a lot of witnesses to talk to and people to interview,” Littlejohn said. “Any kind of evidence or phone videos that these witnesses have, we’re going to go through all of that. We’re going to work with our detectives to figure out what exactly occurred inside the building and outside the building.”
All 14 injured were taken to local hospitals with at least two victims listed in critical condition after the shooting, according to police. Information about the person who died has not been released.
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt addressed the shootings in a Facebook post Saturday afternoon saying recent shootings have fit a familiar pattern, “young men (boys, really) making terrible decisions with grave consequences.”
Holt also said law enforcement must continue to be funded and supported, but that investing in the city’s youth is imperative.
“The most important thing we can do at the local level to prevent these tragic events is to keep investing in our young people. When we cut the ribbon on a new soccer field, we’re not trying to create the next Messi. We’re giving young people an outlet, and data shows us that young people who stay in school and are engaged in extracurricular activities are far less likely to find themselves shooting each other at midnight,” Holt wrote.
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