The victims were shot by a lone gunman at close range Saturday
night, police said. The Tulsa World reports (
http://bit.ly/1dtMdLK) that officers are looking for a suspect.
Police said a
shooting involving multiple victims was reported to authorities
about 7 p.m. Investigators said the home had been the scene of
several drug arrests.
Officers arrived to find two people dead, a man and a woman
both between 30 and 40 years old, responders said. A second
woman, who appeared to be in her 50s, was pronounced dead at a
hospital, said Kelli Bruer, EMSA spokeswoman.
Sgt. Dave Walker of the Tulsa Police Department told
television station KOTV that the fourth victim was a woman in
her 50s. Officials said a fifth person was hospitalized in
serious condition.
Capt. Dave Roberts said the investigation had yet to reveal a
motive. There is an indication that the suspect might have known
the victims.
"We have someone who said they heard a vehicle leave rapidly
after the shooting happened, and so we believe he left in a
vehicle," Roberts said.
Officers who arrived on the scene found a back door open. The
victims did not initially answer police who called to them from
the doorway, but the officers soon heard sounds of distress and
entered a converted garage area, Roberts said.
More people were in another part of the house at the time of
the shooting, he said. They remained at the scene and were
cooperating with police.
Bruer said medics also evaluated an uninjured child at the home.
