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Police search for suspect after shooting in southeast OKC sends victim to hospital

Authorities say a victim was taken to a hospital after a shooting Thursday afternoon in southeast Oklahoma City. The article discusses a recent protest against the death penalty in Oklahoma City, led by EVAN ONSTOT and JESSICA SCHAMBACH. The group of protesters gathered outside the governor's mansion to demand an end to the Death PENALTY in the state. They argue that the current system is not in the best interest of African American families and urges the use of social justice for those who have been convicted of murder. The article also discusses the 12th inMate of the SINCE OKLAHOMA, which has recently lifted a stay in 2021. The author discusses the arrest of Michael DeWayne SMITH, who was convicted of two separate murders in 2002 and was sentenced to two life sentences for each count of murder, and how the public outcry over the deaths led to the deaths of several African Americans.

Police search for suspect after shooting in southeast OKC sends victim to hospital

Publié : il y a un mois par Jonathan Greco, https://www.facebook.com/koco5 dans General

THIS MORNING AT THE OKLAHOMA STATE PENITENTIARY. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT 4:00. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I’M EVAN ONSTOT I’M JESSICA SCHAMBACH. THAT’S WHERE WE START IN YOUR TOP FIVE STORIES TODAY. IN RESPONSE, SINCE A GROUP GATHERED TO PROTEST CALLING FOR AN END TO THE DEATH PENALTY IN OKLAHOMA, CAMERON SIBERT SPOKE WITH SEVERAL PROTESTERS AS THEY DEMONSTRATE. LEAD COMING TO YOU IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE GROUP BEHIND US STANDING IN SOLIDARITY IN THE FINAL MOMENTS OF MICHAEL SMITH’S LIFE, JUST MINUTES BEFORE HIS EXECUTION THIS MORNING, STANDING TOGETHER AS THEY PUSH FOR AN END TO EXECUTIONS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. I HAVE LONG BEEN AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY. WE FEEL LIKE THINGS NEED TO CHANGE. I THINK HE OUGHT TO SPEND A LIFE IN PRISON AND NOT EXECUTE THEM OUTSIDE THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION, HOLDING BANNERS AND SIGNS. THE LATEST PROTEST AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY IN OKLAHOMA. AND WHY KEEP COMING BACK? WELL, BECAUSE WE CAN’T GIVE UP. TRACY CARMACK HAS BEEN TO MORE THAN A DOZEN PART OF THE OKLAHOMA COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY. WHAT IF A FAMILY MEMBER OF YOURS WAS WRONGLY CONVICTED AND TRIED AND EXECUTED, AND THEN THEY FIND OUT LATER THAT THEY WERE INNOCENT? YOU CAN NEVER TAKE THAT BACK. IF THESE PEOPLE HAD SOME UNDERLYING CAUSE, KEEP THEM INCARCERATED. KEEP THEM INCARCERATED FOR LIFE, BUT TREAT THEM. HELP THEM. DON’T JUST MURDER THEM. DOWN THE LINE STANDS. DALVIN COOKS. IT’S HIS FIRST TIME PICKING UP A SIGN. WHAT IS IT THAT PUSHED YOU OVER THE EDGE TO TO STOP WATCHING YOUR TV, BUT ACTUALLY PICK UP A SIGN AND COME OUT AND STAND HERE BECAUSE I’M TIRED OF THIS. I THINK THE SYSTEM IS NOT IN OUR FAVOR OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AT ALL. I’M TIRED OF LOOKING AT TV AND EVERYBODY GOT A DATE AT 10 A.M. TO DIE. THE LATEST DATE WAS MICHAEL DEWAYNE SMITH, EXECUTED THURSDAY MORNING AT THE OKLAHOMA STATE PENITENTIARY. HE CONFESSED AND WAS CONVICTED FOR TWO SEPARATE MURDERS. IN 2002, ATTORNEY GENERAL GENTNER DRUMMOND SHARED A STATEMENT WHICH ENDED BY SAYING SMITH’S VICTIMS WERE MURDERED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. THAT WAS ALL SAYING HE’S GRATEFUL THAT JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED. IF TWO BARBARIC. JESUS TAUGHT LOVE AND COMPASSION AND WE NEED TO EXEMPLIFY THAT. IF WE’RE GOING TO CALL OURSELVES A CHRISTIAN STATE. MICHAEL SMITH IS THE 12TH INMATE EXECUTED SINCE OKLAHOMA LIFTED A STAY IN 2021. CAMERON SEIBERT, KOCO FIVE NEWS IN YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE, A MINER DETAINED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING. THIS HAPPENED TODAY AT A MIDWEST CITY HOME NEAR NORTHEAST 10TH STREET AND AIR DEPOT. SKY 5 WAS FLYING OVER THAT SCENE. POLICE SAY THAT IT STARTED AS A FAMILY DISTURBANCE. THEY SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE VICTIM SHOT IN THE CHEST. COMING UP TONIGHT AT 6:00, KOCO’S KOLBY TERRELL SPEAKS TO A NEIGHBOR WHO SAYS SHE HEARD THOSE SHOTS. AND NOW LET’S GET RIGHT NOW TO YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL WEATHER HERE ON THIS THURSDAY. I MEAN, METEOROLOGIST MICHAEL ARMSTRONG HERE WITH US. IT’S KIND OF PERFECT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. MICHAEL, AND WE NEED THIS BECAUSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING IN THE DAYS TO COME. YEAH, IT’LL GET ACTIVE AGAIN. BUT OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW I DON’T KNOW THAT YOU COULD DRAW UP A BETTER DAY RIGHT NOW. THE WINDS ARE LIGHT OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AT SIX MILES PER HOUR. IT’S 781 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, THIS IS THE WHEN YOU THINK OF SPRING IN OKLAHOMA, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK, YOU KNOW, TORNADOES AND HAIL AND WINDS AND ALL OF THAT. I THINK SOMETIMES IT’S JUST DAYS LIKE THAT RIGHT THERE WITH ALL THOSE BLUE SKIES. IT IS GORGEOUS TEMPERATURES HERE ACROSS THE STATE. WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF 60, A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, 61 UP AT JAY. BUT LOOK AT THE 70S AND 80S HERE, 82 AT HOLLIS, 81 AT ALTUS. SO WARMING UP BIG TIME IN SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA, 69 AT 6:00. STILL SUNNY AND MILD. PLEASANT CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH 7:00. WE WILL COOL OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE’LL HAVE LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES. SO EXPECT THOSE 50S TO TO COME BACK PRETTY FAST AND LOWS FOR TONIGHT. WE’LL GO AHEAD AND DROP DOWN INTO THE MID 40S HERE IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, 40 AT ENID, 39 AT TULSA, 35 BARTLESVILLE. SO YEAH, THERE WILL BE SOME CHILLY SPOTS FOR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AT ONLY FIVE MILES PER HOUR, THOUGH OUR RECORD LOW FOR THE STATES 26. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE WE CAN GET THAT COLD STILL THIS TIME OF YEAR IN APRIL. BUT YOU CAN. LOOKING AT OUR 12 HOUR FORECAST, WELL, WE GO BACK UP TO 77 DEGREES TOMORROW. BIGGER WARM UP TOMORROW. WE’LL TACK ON ABOUT 7 TO 8 DEGREES TO WHERE WE’RE AT, RIGHT NOW ON THE AFTERNOON HIGH NOTICE THE WINDS THOUGH. THEY’RE GOING TO COME UP SOME. IT’LL BE BREEZY. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20MPH. MID 80S ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA REALLY CRANKING UP THE WARMTH THAT MIGHT SOME MIGHT EVEN CALL THAT HOT IF YOU’RE OUT IN THE SUN AND LOOKING AT OUR NEXT SEVERE WEATHER RISK THAT’S COMING IN ON SATURDAY, IT IS A MARGINAL RISK. ONE OUT OF FIVE AND MAINLY FROM ENID DOWN TO OKC AND POINTS TO THE EAST. RIGHT NOW IT DOES LOOK LIKE A LOW CHANCE OF STORMS. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE VERY LOW AS WELL. WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A TON OF MOISTURE TO GO WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THAT ACTIVITY WILL BE SATURDAY EVENING AFTER ABOUT 4 TO 5:00. WESTERN OKLAHOMA. I THINK YOU STAY DRY. THE PROBLEM IS YOUR FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH. WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE ECLIPSE FORECAST COMING UP THE CLOUDS. WE’RE STILL WATCHING THAT. AND YES, EVEN MORE STOR


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