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Muskogee Mayor Asks Community To Continue Supporting Mother Of 5 Children Killed In Shooting
The Mayor of Muskogee says the community is still in shock after last week s murder of 6 people, including 5 children ages ranging from 1 to 9.
Mayor Marlon Coleman says the city has stepped up with prayers and support but says this family needs more help financially.
“We want to be certain that we send a clear message as the days go forward that we want young families to know Muskogee is a place to live work and play. Not a place we can get away with murder,” Mayor Coleman said in a press conference Wednesday.
They are babies. You canât comprehend it : 5 children killed in Oklahoma shooting Share Updated: 8:24 PM CST Feb 2, 2021 KOCO Staff Share Updated: 8:24 PM CST Feb 2, 2021
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Show Transcript IN MUSKOGEE. THE MASS MURDER HAPPENING AT THIS SMALL HOME HERE OFF INDIANA. SEVEN PEOPLE IN ONE FAMILY SHOT, SIX KILLED. ONE MAN AND FIVE SMALL CHILDRE. WE RE TOLD THE FAMILY ONLY LIVED HERE ABOUT A MONTH. MY SISTER AND HER CHILDREN WERE A GREAT FAMILY. REPORTER: IN DISBELIEF AFTER HEARING THE NEWS THAT HER SISTER AND ALL FIVE OF HER CHILDREN WERE SHOT. NEIGHBORS IN THIS QUIET MUSKOGEE NEIGHBORHOOD ABSOLUTELY SHAKEN AFTER SEVEN PEOPLE IN ONE FAMILY WERE SHOT. SUSAN DVORACK SAYS POLICE NABBED THE 25-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT JARRON PRIDGEON IN HER BACKYARD. HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE IT? I MEAN, IT S TRAGIC AND THEY RE BABIES. YOU CAN T COMPREHEND IT, YOU CAN T PROCESS IT, YOU JUST CAN T. POLICE GOT THE CALL OF SHOTS FIRED ARUND 1:30 THIS
Five children, one man shot, killed in Oklahoma
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Feb. 2 (UPI) Five children and a man were shot and killed in an Oklahoma home early Tuesday, authorities said.
Police responded to a call of multiple people shot at a residence in southeast Muskogee, Okla., at 1:30 a.m. where they found a suspect with a weapon, officials said.
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An officer fired one round at the suspect and missed, but he was later caught following a foot chase and identified as 25-year-old Jarron Deajon Pridgeon.
When officers arrived at the scene they found four dead children and a dead man as well as a woman and child who were injured, all of whom had gunshot injuries. Three other children in the home were uninjured.
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