Current:Home > FinanceSuspect arrested in connection with deadly shooting at high school football game -GrowthInsight
Suspect arrested in connection with deadly shooting at high school football game
View
Date:2025-04-17 10:38:11
A juvenile suspect has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred during a high school football game in Oklahoma on Friday, authorities said.
Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson III said the arrest warrant was issued Tuesday evening and executed by his office without incident.
The suspect's name is not being released at this time because he is a juvenile, the sheriff said during a press briefing Wednesday.
MORE: UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member killed, suspect in custody after campus lockdown
Johnson did not have any information on the charges in the warrant or the suspect's alleged role in the shooting at Choctaw High School, which left a teenager dead and several others injured. ABC News has reached out to the Choctaw Police Department, which is investigating the shooting.
Gunfire erupted during the third quarter of Choctaw High School's game against Del City High School, police said. Skordle.TV's live coverage of the football game captured the moments when shots were fired.
Police believe an argument between at least two men that broke out on the visitor's side of the stadium led to the shooting, Choctaw Police Chief Kelly Marshall said Saturday.
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the groin area and later died from his injuries, police said Saturday. The teen was not a student at either school, police said.
A young woman was also shot in the thigh in the incident. She was transported to a local hospital and has since been treated and released, police said.
A Del City police officer working off-duty for Mid-Del Schools at the game also discharged his service firearm, striking a 42-year-old man in the chest, the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office said. The man remains in critical condition, the sheriff's office said on Monday.
MORE: 'Lucky to be his parents': Family mourns college student killed after trying to enter wrong house
The officer "perceived a threat" before firing his weapon, according to the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating the shooting. The officer is on paid leave amid the investigation.
Johnson did not have any updates on the officer-involved shooting on Wednesday.
Two female victims who are believed to be students were also injured while attempting to flee the stadium Friday night, sustaining broken wrists and a broken leg, police said.
Two guns and eight rounds were recovered at the scene, police said.
ABC News' Amanda M. Morris contributed to this report.
veryGood! (768)
Related
- Illinois governor calls for resignation of sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Black woman in her home
- Wayfair set to open its first physical store. Here's where.
- 'Tortured Poets: Anthology': Taylor Swift adds 15 songs in surprise 2 a.m. announcement
- Why Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito Once Contemplated Arranging His Own Murder
- Working Well: When holidays present rude customers, taking breaks and the high road preserve peace
- Emma Stone's Role in Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department Song Florida!!! Revealed
- Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department: Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy & More Lyrics Decoded
- Hilarie Burton Morgan champions forgotten cases in second season of True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here
- Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
- Catholic priest resigns from Michigan church following protests over his criticism of a gay author
Ranking
- Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
- Did Zendaya Just Untangle the Web of When She Started Dating Tom Holland? Here's Why Fans Think So
- 'I tried telling them to stop': Video shows people yank bear cubs from tree for selfie
- 'American Idol' alum Mandisa dies at 47, 'GMA' host Robin Roberts mourns loss
- A New York Appellate Court Rejects a Broad Application of the State’s Green Amendment
- Probe underway into highway school bus fire that sent 10 students fleeing in New Jersey
- Music Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is great sad pop, meditative theater
- Start of Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial is delayed a week to mid-May
Recommendation
New Orleans mayor’s former bodyguard making first court appearance after July indictment
NFL draft: Complete list of first overall selections from Bryce Young to Jay Berwanger
She used Grammarly to proofread her paper. Now she's accused of 'unintentionally cheating.'
Proud Boys group leader sentenced to over 5 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot
The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
NHL Stanley Cup playoffs schedule 2024: Dates, times, TV for first round of bracket
Untangling Taylor Swift’s Heartbreaking Goodbye to Joe Alwyn in “So Long, London”
FedEx pledges $25 million over 5 years in NIL program for University of Memphis athletes