TULSA, Oklahoma (CNN) - Two white men accused in a spate of shootings in predominantly black neighborhoods of Tulsa, Oklahoma, will make their first court appearance Monday, as authorities work to determine whether the violence that left three people dead was racially motivated.
Authorities are digging into the backgrounds of Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 33, who are charged with three counts of murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill in connection with last week's shootings that also wounded two people.
The pair was arrested early Sunday after a series of tips that led investigators to England's burned pickup, a vehicle that matched a description reported at the crime scenes, according to their arrest reports.
Local and federal authorities stopped short of categorizing the violence as a hate crime.
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This story kills me why people don’t find GOD before they do something extremely stupid. See, these people will find God but it will be too late because they’ll spend the rest of their lives in prison. My condolences to the families, the victims are in heaven. A place where evil does not exist. So I suggest to people to think way BEFORE you act. Have a happy easter.
swift justice exists in oklahoma...what about sad chad state florida???
Are the Brits the weakest nation on EARTH today... full of military pompous glory like Queens of Viagra? What have they ever done except put American rednecks in their place after the U.S. Toronto spectacle.. Brits are just banking bullies and hot air... RELICS who hang on to America dreams of oil victory turned into complete DEFEATS.
Who are you?
proper investigation got d idiot arrested, good 1
Thats 3 less in the welfare lines, in the food stamp line, maybe going to jail for stealing, breathing our precious air. Theyd make great road patch, kitty litter, maybe fertilizer. Population control?
Now that these two have effectively sealed their own fate for the rest of their lives, I'd like to nominate WIZARD as the new "idiot of the year" for comment above.
Hate Crimes? Tulsa, Oklahoma “Revenge” Shooting . . . Ya Think???
Politics 101:
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-755288
-Submitted by Betty Kiel, Pearland Texas
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Time to Reflect (Racial Tension)
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-770310
Racial Profiling and Discrimination in Ohio School Shooting:
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-756046
Racism in America Never Left: Justice for Trayvon Martin
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-765998
Another Young Black Unarmed Male Killed By Police: Kendrec McDale- Seeking Justice
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-770120
Political Cartoon:
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-761137
@bot/part of the problem: a hate crime is something that would not have happened if a different race or gay person had not been there.
in revenge, the race doesn't matter. if a white guy had shot his dad, he would have shot white guys.. the crime would have happened regardless of who was hurt.
There will always be an England.
BTW, we met at an Easter egg hunt.
Long live the Queen!
All right, Sheryl–as long as you don't scare the horses.
what type of pick up was it?...
@ruffnutt: white chevy tahoe. i originally thought suv from a pic we found online. might have been a camper top
i can't get the 'full story' to come up.
more details:
happened two years to the day from when one of the shooter's father was shot dead by a black man.
solved so quickly because of crimestoppers' tips, including the suspects' family.
they had written incriminating things on facebook.
@wizard: you'd love it here. tulsa was founded by a kkk member, and into the 60s, a town north of tulsa had a billboard on the highway that said, "don't let the sun set on your black ass in collinsville!"
Good morning all.
Seems to me that Wizardry is driving a lot of folks nuts in this country.
Hope justice is swift for the murderers.