2021 Muskogee shooting
mass shooting
The 2021 Muskogee shooting was a mass murder that occurred in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, on February 2, 2021, when a gunman opened fire at a house. The shooter killed six people—a man and five children—and a woman was seriously injured. Law enforcement responded to the residence at 1:30 a.m. CST. A male suspect was taken into custody after he was briefly pursued on foot by police officers, but a motive is yet undetermined and no other suspects are involved. The a request to delay the trial for murder was heard by a judge in early 2023. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Oklahoma since the 1986 Edmond post office shooting.
Incident
At around 1:30 a.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting at the home where Javarion Lee and his family lived. There, they encountered an armed man.
An officer discharged his rifle once, missed, and the male ran away, but he was eventually captured.
Victims
The deceased were Javarion Lee, 24 years old, and his five nieces and nephews, who ranged in age from one to nine years.
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