Lawton county police officials said a person died and 14 people were injured in a mass shooting at a Halloween party at an event center early thursday night.
The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. thursday in Océano Salsa Club . Police told KOCO 5 that the shooting started as an argument between two groups, and they believe multiple shooters were involved.
“Multiple people are detained. We’re going to interview them and figure out what led up to this event,” Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said.
Just before 4 p.m. Saturday, Littlejohn said two arrests had been made in connection with the shootings.
Police said they are still talking to anyone they can to figure out exactly what happened.
“We still have a lot of witnesses to talk to and people to interview,” Littlejohn said. “Any kind of evidence or phone videos that these witnesses have, we’re going to go through all of that. We’re going to work with our detectives to figure out what exactly occurred inside the building and outside the building.”
Five dead, 2 arrested, with at least two victims listed in critical condition after the shooting, according to police. Information about the poeple who died has not been released.
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt addressed the shootings in a Facebook post Saturday afternoon saying recent shootings have fit a familiar pattern, “young men (boys, really) making terrible decisions with grave consequences.”
Holt also said law enforcement must continue to be funded and supported, but that investing in the city’s youth is imperative.
“The most important thing we can do at the local level to prevent these tragic events is to keep investing in our young people. When we cut the ribbon on a new soccer field, we’re not trying to create the next Messi. We’re giving young people an outlet, and data shows us that young people who stay in school and are engaged in extracurricular activities are far less likely to find themselves shooting each other at midnight,” Holt wrote.
