Five Small Children Killed in Oklahoma Shooting With Suspect In Custody

On Tuesday morning, five small children and one man were killed in a shooting that occurred in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. to a call of multiple people shot at a home in the city about 45 miles southeast of Tulsa. Reportedly, when police arrived the suspect was on the scene with a loaded firearm but escaped as the officer shot and missed.

The 25-year-old male, Jarron Deajon Pridgeon, 25, a brother of one of the victims, was later found and taken into custody. The victims have been identified as the children of Brittany Anderson. They are Jalaiya, age two, Jaidus, age three, Harmony, age five, Neveah, age six, and Quedynce, who was nine. The man found dead at the scene was identified as Javarion Lee, age 24, the brother of the shooting suspect,

According to law enforcement, one man and four children were found dead, and a fifth child died at a Tulsa hospital. Officer Lynn Hamlin, who said they are in the early stages of the investigation, described the event as terrible. She added:

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