Police: Man, 5 children dead after reported shooting at Oklahoma home; one person arrested

'They are babies. You can’t comprehend it': 5 children killed in Oklahoma shooting
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Updated: 8:24 PM CST Feb 2, 2021
KOCO Staff
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Updated: 8:24 PM CST Feb 2, 2021
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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 MORNING. WHEN POLICE GOT THERE, PRIDGEON WAS OUTSIDE HOLDING A GUN. >> AN OFFICER FIRES AT THE SUSPECT WHO DOESN'T DROP THE WEAPON. THAT OFFICER MISSES THE SUSPECT WHO TAKES OFF RUNNING. THERE'S A SHORT PURSUIT AND HE'S TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. >> POLICE WENT INSIDE TO DISCOVER THE MOTHER, BRITTANY ANDERSON, SHOT ALONG WITH A MAN AND ANDERSON'S FIVE CHILDREN. FOUR CHILDREN AND THE MAN DIED AT THE SCENE. ANDERSON AND ANOTHER CHILD WERE LIFEFLIGHTED TO A TULSA HOSPITAL, WHERE THAT CHILD DIED. ANDERSON STILL FIGHTING OF HER LIFE TONIGHT. >> ALL SUBJECTS INVOLVED LIVED INSIDE THE HOME. DON'T KNOW

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