Investigators work at the scene of a shooting on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 in Muskogee, Okla. (AP photo)
MUSKOGEE: A 25-year-old Oklahoma man remained in custody Wednesday on first-degree murder complaints for the killings of his brother and five young children, police said.
Police in Muskogee said they don t yet know why Jarron Deajon Pridgeon fatally shot Javarion Lee, 24, or the children, the oldest of whom was 9.
The children s mother, Brittany Anderson, was also wounded in the shootings early Tuesday and was hospitalised in Tulsa.
Police identified the slain children as Jalaiya Pridgeon, 1; Jaidus Pridgeon, 3; Harmony Anderson, 5; Neveah Pridgeon, 6; and Que dynce Anderson, 9.
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