One Dead And Nearly Two Dozen Injured In Oklahoma Lake Party Shooting

A conflict astatine a play statement successful an Oklahoma parkland sparked a shooting that near 1 personification dormant and astatine slightest 22 group pinch gunshot and shrapnel injuries, constabulary said Tuesday.

Authorities said nary arrests person been made truthful far, but investigators judge location is nary ongoing threat to nan public, according to Edmond constabulary spokesperson Sgt. James Hamm.

The shooting occurred Sunday nighttime astatine a picnic pavilion adjacent Arcadia Lake, a celebrated recreation area northbound of Oklahoma City.

Police said nan gathering had been promoted connected societal media and drew a ample crowd, chiefly made up of young adults.

Edmond constabulary said an 18-year-old female who was injured successful nan shooting died conscionable earlier 6 p.m. Tuesday. She had antecedently been listed successful captious condition.

The shooting began conscionable arsenic officers were responding to a sound title astir nan party, Hamm said.

Multiple groups were astatine nan party, and nan shooting happened aft a conflict collapsed out, he said. One personification who was changeable remained successful captious information Tuesday, Hamm said.

Some of nan victims suffered graze wounds and galore were treated and released, he said. It's imaginable that much group were deed but didn't activity treatment, Hamm said.

Many of those changeable were not progressive successful nan conflict and were “simply attending nan party,” he said.

Police would not merchandise immoderate accusation astir imaginable suspects, really galore group whitethorn person fired shots aliases what types of weapons were used. Hamm said nan section wanted to support nan integrity of nan investigation.

Edmond Mayor Mark Nash said Monday that nan shooting took spot astatine a nationalist parkland wherever spaces tin beryllium reserved for ample gatherings, but nary preservation had been made.

Jeremiah Braxton, who was astatine nan party, said 2 of his friends were among those shot. He said everyone was eating, dancing and having a bully clip until a group of girls started arguing complete boyfriends.

“It conscionable started a full bunch of chaos,” he said Monday.