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(Reuters) - Police acting on a tip arrested two white men on Sunday for a
shooting spree in Tulsa that left three dead, two wounded and rattled the
predominantly black neighborhood.
Tulsa police spokesman Jason Willingham said police were not prepared to
label the shootings racially motivated hate crimes after the arrest of Jake
England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, on murder charges just before 2 a.m. (0600
GMT) Sunday.
"At this point we don't have a motive," Willingham said. "Obviously there's
still a lot of investigation to do. Hopefully in the coming days we'll be
more clear on what exactly the reason was."
In response to a tip, police put the suspects under surveillance and they
were arrested at a home north of Tulsa, Willingham said. England and Watts
were charged with three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of
shooting with intent to kill, police said.
The shootings early Friday set the predominantly black north side of Tulsa
on edge after a victim told police the gunman was a white man in a pickup
truck who stopped and asked for directions before opening fire.
FBI and U.S. marshals joined the manhunt, swelling the task force to 30
officers, Willingham said.
"It's been a long 48 hours but we're glad we were able to get them into
custody. It's been an all hands on deck type situation to get these guys in
custody," he said.
The shootings took place at about 1 a.m. on Friday and within a mile radius
in the predominantly black neighborhood of North Tulsa, police said.
One body was found a short distance away, outside a funeral home, but police
believe that victim may have been killed at the same time as the others.
Although all five of the victims were black, Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan
said on Saturday it was too early to know whether the shootings were
racially motivated.
"The whole race issue, the hate crime issue, there's a very logical theory
that would say that's what it could be, but I'm a police officer. I've got
to go by the evidence," Jordan said, adding that no racial slurs had been
used by the gunman.
Among the dead was one woman, identified as Dannaer Fields, 49, and two men,
Bobby Clark, 54, and William Allen, 31. The two wounded men, who were not
identified, were expected to survive.
Tulsa City Councilman Jack Henderson, who represents the district in which
the shootings took place, said witnesses told police the suspect drove
through the neighborhood, stopping several people on the street and asking
for directions.
The pedestrians spoke briefly with the man but began walking away after they
could not help him with directions, Henderson said. The driver then shot at
them, killing one, and sped away, he said.
A witness told police he or she was sitting in front of a house when a man
pulled up in a white Chevrolet pickup truck with rust spots on the hood and
asked for directions.
After a brief exchange, the suspect produced a handgun and fired, striking
two people before driving off, police said. |
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