Five Found Dead in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Two Teen Relatives Detained
Two teens were taken into custody after five relatives were found stabbed to death at the Oklahoma home where they all lived, police told NBC News early Thursday.
The suspects, aged 18 and 16, allegedly ran out the back door when officers arrived at the scene in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow.
Image: Scene of mass killing in Broken Arrow, Okla.
The scene of the mass killing in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, early Thursday.
As well as the five found stabbed to death, one juvenile family member was critically injured and taken to the hospital, according to Sgt. Thomas Cooper of the Broken Arrow Police Department. Another juvenile family member was found unharmed, Cooper said.
All of the victims and suspects were part of the same family and all lived at the home, he added.
Police went to the dwelling after receiving a 911 hang-up call at 11:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday (12:30 a.m. ET Thursday), Cooper said.
The two teen suspects were tracked to a wooded trail area behind the house, he added.
Cooper told NBC News that the incident was "almost unprecedented" in the city of around 100,000.
"This is a relatively safe community, smaller than Tulsa and what you might call a bedroom community," Cooper said.
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Two teens were taken into custody after five relatives were found stabbed to death at the Oklahoma home where they all lived, police told NBC News early Thursday.
The suspects, aged 18 and 16, allegedly ran out the back door when officers arrived at the scene in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow.
Image: Scene of mass killing in Broken Arrow, Okla.
The scene of the mass killing in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, early Thursday.
As well as the five found stabbed to death, one juvenile family member was critically injured and taken to the hospital, according to Sgt. Thomas Cooper of the Broken Arrow Police Department. Another juvenile family member was found unharmed, Cooper said.
All of the victims and suspects were part of the same family and all lived at the home, he added.
Police went to the dwelling after receiving a 911 hang-up call at 11:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday (12:30 a.m. ET Thursday), Cooper said.
The two teen suspects were tracked to a wooded trail area behind the house, he added.
Cooper told NBC News that the incident was "almost unprecedented" in the city of around 100,000.
"This is a relatively safe community, smaller than Tulsa and what you might call a bedroom community," Cooper said.
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