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MUSKOGEE, Okla. – The suspect in a fatal shooting of a man and five children in their home was held Wednesday on multiple murder charges as investigators labored to determine what prompted the rampage.
Police said Jarron Deajon Pridgeon, 25, opened fire early Tuesday, killing his brother, Javarion Lee, 24, and the children, all under the age of 10. Pridgeon, 25, had been evaluated for mental illness after being charged with assault in 2019, court records show.
The children s mother, Brittany Anderson, suffered life-threatening injuries in the house and was airlifted to a Tulsa hospital, police said. She was in stable condition, police said.
Five Children and One Man Killed in Oklahoma House Shooting, Police Say
On 2/2/21 at 11:57 AM EST
Officers responded to a call reporting shots at a house in Muskogee around 1:30 a.m.
Inside the home in the 900 block of Indiana Street, officers found the bodies of a man and four children, Officer Lynn Hamlin of the Muskogee Police Department told reporters.
A woman and a fifth child were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The child died in hospital.
When police arrived, a suspect was leaving the residence with a gun in his hand, prompting an officer to fire one shot that reportedly missed.