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Police said special operations officers and other agents arrested two men early Sunday, saying they were suspects in recent shootings that left three people dead and two critically wounded, all black, in the Tulsa area.
Tulsa police spokesman Jason Willingham said the two men were arrested at a hone just north of Tulsa at 1:47 a.m. Sunday and they were expected to face three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill.
He said police acted on an anonymous tip and went to one location and followed the suspects after they had traveled about a half mile on foot to another place where they were apprehended.
He declined to characterize that as a pursuit.
“There obviously still is a lot of investigation” ahead, Willingham told The Associated Press by telephone. “We don’t’ have a motive at this time. We are still asking questions and hopefully that will become clear in coming days.”
Willingham identified the men in custody as 19-year-old Jake England and 32-year-old Alvin Watts, but gave no hometowns for them.
He said the two men were taken early Sunday for questioning at a downtown Tulsa police station and would be booked and then jailed.
It was not known if either man arrested had obtained an attorney early Sunday.Willingham said the arrests followed a crimestoppers tip on Saturday but he declined to specify what that information was.
Willingham said he did not have any immediate details when asked if the men were armed when they were arrested.
But he said authorities had begun homing in on the men Saturday evening.
"We’ve been on them since early in the evening. We had been doing surveillance and using a helicopter".
Willingham said a special operations team and other law enforcement agents were key in making the arrests.
He says police used surveillance and other techniques and a helicopter in the course of apprehending the men.
Tulsa police spokesman Jason Willingham said the two men were arrested at a hone just north of Tulsa at 1:47 a.m. Sunday and they were expected to face three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill.
He said police acted on an anonymous tip and went to one location and followed the suspects after they had traveled about a half mile on foot to another place where they were apprehended.
He declined to characterize that as a pursuit.
“There obviously still is a lot of investigation” ahead, Willingham told The Associated Press by telephone. “We don’t’ have a motive at this time. We are still asking questions and hopefully that will become clear in coming days.”
Willingham identified the men in custody as 19-year-old Jake England and 32-year-old Alvin Watts, but gave no hometowns for them.
He said the two men were taken early Sunday for questioning at a downtown Tulsa police station and would be booked and then jailed.
It was not known if either man arrested had obtained an attorney early Sunday.Willingham said the arrests followed a crimestoppers tip on Saturday but he declined to specify what that information was.
Willingham said he did not have any immediate details when asked if the men were armed when they were arrested.
But he said authorities had begun homing in on the men Saturday evening.
"We’ve been on them since early in the evening. We had been doing surveillance and using a helicopter".
Willingham said a special operations team and other law enforcement agents were key in making the arrests.
He says police used surveillance and other techniques and a helicopter in the course of apprehending the men.
