Saturday, April 07, 2012 11:04:29 AM
Police link shootings in Tulsa, Okla.; 3 killed
April 7, 2012
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police believe the same attacker or attackers are behind a series of early-morning shootings in which three people were killed and two others were critically wounded within a three-mile span of north Tulsa.
Homicide detective Sgt. Dave Walker said investigators don't have the results of forensic tests yet, but police think the early Friday morning shootings are linked because they happened around the same time in the same general area and all five victims were out walking when they were shot.
Police don't believe the victims knew one another and are trying to determine the circumstances behind the killings.
All five victims are black, and black community leaders met Friday evening in an effort to calm unrest and promote safety. NAACP Tulsa president, the Rev. Warren Blakney Sr., told the Tulsa World ( http://bit.ly/HgxIXn [ http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/news/crimewatch/article.aspx?subjectid=450&articleid=20120407_11_A1_CUTLIN116532 {below}]) someone appeared to be "targeting black people to shoot."
"I'm on edge for my people," Blakney said.
Four shooting victims were found in yards, and the fifth in a street. Police identified those killed as Dannaer Fields, 49, Bobby Clark, 54, and William Allen, 31. Fields was found wounded about 1 a.m. Friday, Clarke was found in a street about an hour later, and Allen was discovered in the yard of a funeral home about 8:30 a.m.
Minutes after Fields was found, police found two men with gunshot wounds in another yard two blocks away. They were taken to hospitals in critical condition but expected to survive, police said. Their names have not been released.
Police Capt. Steve Odom said in his 30 years with the police department, he'd never seen so many shootings happen in such a short time.
Walker said detectives interviewed people Friday afternoon in the neighborhoods where the shootings happened and believe a white man driving a white pickup truck may have been involved.
Tulsa City Councilor Jack Henderson urged people to be cautious but not let "some crazy, deranged person mess up their weekend."
"There's no need to become a vigilante," Henderson said, adding that he has been assured police are working on the case as a "24/7 round-the-clock deal."
Copyright © 2012 The Associated Press (emphasis added)
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Four shootings in north Tulsa may be connected; three dead, two hurt
Tulsa City Councilor Jack Henderson (left), NAACP Tulsa Chapter President the Rev. Warren Blakney and pastor Millard Jones meet Friday at the North Peoria Church of Christ about the north Tulsa shootings that left three people dead and two others injured.
JOEY JOHNSON/for the Tulsa World
By JERRY WOFFORD, ZACK STOYCOFF & DAVID HARPER World Staff Writers
Published: 4/7/2012 2:16 AM
Last Modified: 4/7/2012 7:01 AM
Police believe that four shootings that left three people dead and two others injured at separate locations and times early Friday were all connected in what they are calling an "unprecedented" event.
Lead homicide detective Sgt. Dave Walker said police were able to tie the shootings together because of the similarities in what the victims were doing when they were shot, when they occurred and their proximity - within three miles of each other in north Tulsa.
All of the victims were walking through neighborhoods when they were shot, Walker said.
"There is no forensic evidence to link at this point," he said. "Timing and location lead us to believe they may be connected."
Police are still trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the shootings but don't believe the victims knew each other.
Because all the victims were black, the local chapter of the NAACP and other local black leaders met Friday evening in an effort to calm unrest while promoting safety.
Police had found Dannaer Fields, 49, lying wounded in a yard in the 1000 block of East 51st Place North shortly after 1 a.m. Friday. She later died at St. John Medical Center.
Three minutes later, police found two men with gunshot wounds in another yard two blocks to the east. The men were taken to St. John Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital in critical condition but were expected to survive, police said. Their names were not released Friday.
At about 1:50 a.m., officers found Bobby Clark, 54, in the street with a gunshot wound in the 300 block of West 63rd Street North. Clark later died at Hillcrest Medical Center.
At about 8:30 a.m., officers received a call about a body in the 800 block of East 36th Street North, said Capt. Steve Odom. Police discovered William Allen, 31, lying in the yard of Jack's Memory Chapel funeral home with a gunshot wound to the chest, Odom said. Allen was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Friday afternoon detectives went back to the neighborhoods where the shootings occurred to speak to residents again, Walker said. Detectives were working through tips and leads they had received and were able to discern that a white man driving a white pickup might have been involved.
No further descriptions of any suspects were available.
The NAACP Tulsa president, the Rev. Warren Blakney Sr., said Friday night that "we're very concerned" that someone was evidently "targeting black people to shoot."
"I'm on edge for my people," Blakney said at a meeting at the North Peoria Church of Christ, 2217 N. Peoria Ave.
When asked if he believed the shootings were racially motivated, Blakney said that when there are reports that someone "systematically shot black folk, what is one left to believe?"
Still, Blakney and Tulsa City Councilor Jack Henderson encouraged people to remain calm while also being cautious this weekend.
Henderson said people should not let "some crazy, deranged person mess up their weekend," but he added that the community "needs to watch their backs" until the perpetrator is caught.
Blakney said "we want to make sure our people are going to be safe" and encouraged them to stay away from people they don't know.
Henderson said he has been assured that Tulsa Police have dedicated a lot of officers to focus on this case as a "24/7 round-the-clock deal."
Blakney said that "there's no need to become a vigilante."
Walker said residents can expect to see increased patrols in the areas where the shootings occurred and across the city. Law enforcement groups, including the Northern Oklahoma Violent Crimes Task Force and the FBI, are offering their services, as well.
"This is an opportunity to do what we're supposed to do," despite having little evidence to work with, Walker said. "It's a challenge.
"I haven't seen anything like this in my career."
Odom said that in his 30 years with the Tulsa Police Department, he doesn't know of any such group of homicides and shootings to happen in as few hours.
According to the Tulsa World's statistics, the killings are the city's 12th, 13th and 14th homicides of 2012.
Walker said the public needs to be aware "of anyone stopping to talk to them for any reason at any time."
Odom said people should call the police "if they see anything, hear anything or see anything, hear people talking, because we truly and desperately want their help."
Anyone with information about the shooter or shooters is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS or http://tulsaworld.com/crimestoppers , call the Homicide Tip Line at 918-798-8477 or email detectives at homicide@cityoftulsa.org.
Tips may be made anonymously, and anyone with information that leads to a conviction could receive a cash reward.
Original Print Headline: 4 Tulsa shootings may be related
Copyright © 2012, World Publishing Co.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/news/crimewatch/article.aspx?subjectid=450&articleid=20120407_11_A1_CUTLIN116532 [with comments -- by all means, go to the link and browse them]
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April 7, 2012
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police believe the same attacker or attackers are behind a series of early-morning shootings in which three people were killed and two others were critically wounded within a three-mile span of north Tulsa.
Homicide detective Sgt. Dave Walker said investigators don't have the results of forensic tests yet, but police think the early Friday morning shootings are linked because they happened around the same time in the same general area and all five victims were out walking when they were shot.
Police don't believe the victims knew one another and are trying to determine the circumstances behind the killings.
All five victims are black, and black community leaders met Friday evening in an effort to calm unrest and promote safety. NAACP Tulsa president, the Rev. Warren Blakney Sr., told the Tulsa World ( http://bit.ly/HgxIXn [ http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/news/crimewatch/article.aspx?subjectid=450&articleid=20120407_11_A1_CUTLIN116532 {below}]) someone appeared to be "targeting black people to shoot."
"I'm on edge for my people," Blakney said.
Four shooting victims were found in yards, and the fifth in a street. Police identified those killed as Dannaer Fields, 49, Bobby Clark, 54, and William Allen, 31. Fields was found wounded about 1 a.m. Friday, Clarke was found in a street about an hour later, and Allen was discovered in the yard of a funeral home about 8:30 a.m.
Minutes after Fields was found, police found two men with gunshot wounds in another yard two blocks away. They were taken to hospitals in critical condition but expected to survive, police said. Their names have not been released.
Police Capt. Steve Odom said in his 30 years with the police department, he'd never seen so many shootings happen in such a short time.
Walker said detectives interviewed people Friday afternoon in the neighborhoods where the shootings happened and believe a white man driving a white pickup truck may have been involved.
Tulsa City Councilor Jack Henderson urged people to be cautious but not let "some crazy, deranged person mess up their weekend."
"There's no need to become a vigilante," Henderson said, adding that he has been assured police are working on the case as a "24/7 round-the-clock deal."
Copyright © 2012 The Associated Press (emphasis added)
taken from http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i8qbhxhRpseTjAQ2TV0oPKeJcysQ [a link which will not last]; also at e.g. http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=8612373 [a link that should last] [no comments yet]
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Four shootings in north Tulsa may be connected; three dead, two hurt
Tulsa City Councilor Jack Henderson (left), NAACP Tulsa Chapter President the Rev. Warren Blakney and pastor Millard Jones meet Friday at the North Peoria Church of Christ about the north Tulsa shootings that left three people dead and two others injured.
JOEY JOHNSON/for the Tulsa World
By JERRY WOFFORD, ZACK STOYCOFF & DAVID HARPER World Staff Writers
Published: 4/7/2012 2:16 AM
Last Modified: 4/7/2012 7:01 AM
Police believe that four shootings that left three people dead and two others injured at separate locations and times early Friday were all connected in what they are calling an "unprecedented" event.
Lead homicide detective Sgt. Dave Walker said police were able to tie the shootings together because of the similarities in what the victims were doing when they were shot, when they occurred and their proximity - within three miles of each other in north Tulsa.
All of the victims were walking through neighborhoods when they were shot, Walker said.
"There is no forensic evidence to link at this point," he said. "Timing and location lead us to believe they may be connected."
Police are still trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the shootings but don't believe the victims knew each other.
Because all the victims were black, the local chapter of the NAACP and other local black leaders met Friday evening in an effort to calm unrest while promoting safety.
Police had found Dannaer Fields, 49, lying wounded in a yard in the 1000 block of East 51st Place North shortly after 1 a.m. Friday. She later died at St. John Medical Center.
Three minutes later, police found two men with gunshot wounds in another yard two blocks to the east. The men were taken to St. John Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital in critical condition but were expected to survive, police said. Their names were not released Friday.
At about 1:50 a.m., officers found Bobby Clark, 54, in the street with a gunshot wound in the 300 block of West 63rd Street North. Clark later died at Hillcrest Medical Center.
At about 8:30 a.m., officers received a call about a body in the 800 block of East 36th Street North, said Capt. Steve Odom. Police discovered William Allen, 31, lying in the yard of Jack's Memory Chapel funeral home with a gunshot wound to the chest, Odom said. Allen was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Friday afternoon detectives went back to the neighborhoods where the shootings occurred to speak to residents again, Walker said. Detectives were working through tips and leads they had received and were able to discern that a white man driving a white pickup might have been involved.
No further descriptions of any suspects were available.
The NAACP Tulsa president, the Rev. Warren Blakney Sr., said Friday night that "we're very concerned" that someone was evidently "targeting black people to shoot."
"I'm on edge for my people," Blakney said at a meeting at the North Peoria Church of Christ, 2217 N. Peoria Ave.
When asked if he believed the shootings were racially motivated, Blakney said that when there are reports that someone "systematically shot black folk, what is one left to believe?"
Still, Blakney and Tulsa City Councilor Jack Henderson encouraged people to remain calm while also being cautious this weekend.
Henderson said people should not let "some crazy, deranged person mess up their weekend," but he added that the community "needs to watch their backs" until the perpetrator is caught.
Blakney said "we want to make sure our people are going to be safe" and encouraged them to stay away from people they don't know.
Henderson said he has been assured that Tulsa Police have dedicated a lot of officers to focus on this case as a "24/7 round-the-clock deal."
Blakney said that "there's no need to become a vigilante."
Walker said residents can expect to see increased patrols in the areas where the shootings occurred and across the city. Law enforcement groups, including the Northern Oklahoma Violent Crimes Task Force and the FBI, are offering their services, as well.
"This is an opportunity to do what we're supposed to do," despite having little evidence to work with, Walker said. "It's a challenge.
"I haven't seen anything like this in my career."
Odom said that in his 30 years with the Tulsa Police Department, he doesn't know of any such group of homicides and shootings to happen in as few hours.
According to the Tulsa World's statistics, the killings are the city's 12th, 13th and 14th homicides of 2012.
Walker said the public needs to be aware "of anyone stopping to talk to them for any reason at any time."
Odom said people should call the police "if they see anything, hear anything or see anything, hear people talking, because we truly and desperately want their help."
Anyone with information about the shooter or shooters is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS or http://tulsaworld.com/crimestoppers , call the Homicide Tip Line at 918-798-8477 or email detectives at homicide@cityoftulsa.org.
Tips may be made anonymously, and anyone with information that leads to a conviction could receive a cash reward.
Original Print Headline: 4 Tulsa shootings may be related
Copyright © 2012, World Publishing Co.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/news/crimewatch/article.aspx?subjectid=450&articleid=20120407_11_A1_CUTLIN116532 [with comments -- by all means, go to the link and browse them]
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"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
from John Philpot Curran, Speech
upon the Right of Election, 1790
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