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TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- An Air Force member killed his two children before killing himself in a military campus house at Tinker Air Force Base on Monday, authorities said. According to Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel, a military member and his ex-wife were involved in an altercation just before 2:30 p.m. The ex-wife left the home and heard gunshots, Whetsel said. Tactical teams arrived by about 2:40 p.m. Nearly two hours later, they gained entry into the home, where they found three people dead -- including two children, ages 4 and 8. Whetsel said his department is investigating...

The gun was black. Or silver. Definitely big, though, and definitely a revolver. And it was pointed right at Daniel Ray's head. For the moment, that fact — not the gun's color or a description of the gunman — was all that registered in Ray's mind. The whole thing didn't compute. One moment he'd been about to lock up Joe's Pawn and Bargain Center at 1825 NE 23 and go get some dinner at a Chinese buffet, and the next, the gunman and his two accomplices had burst inside, demanding money and threatening him and his coworkers. For a few...

PAWNEE - Members of a Pawnee County jury are upset a judge suspended sentence to a man convicted of raping a 13-year-old. The Jury had recommended a 30-year prison sentence.One upset juror drove to the Pawnee County Courthouse and returned a check for $167.90 he received for serving on the jury."They didn't know what to do with it," said Bruce Funkhouser."Justice was not served by this at all," Funkhouser said.

At Least two criminal charges related to recent wildfires have been filed in Oklahoma.The first misdemeanor charge of violating the burn ban was filed Thursday in Oklahoma County against a man who was burning trash. The son of a retired assistant fire chief was charged Wednesday in Caddo County with arson."As a result of raging wildfires taking place in our state we've seen people injured, over 200 homes and structures destroyed, livestock killed and hundreds of thousands of acres of land burned up", Oklahoma County District Attorned Wes Lane said. Despite ...