Posted on 10/25/2016 8:45:14 AM PDT by fella
OKLAHOMA CITY —
Authorities have been hunting for more than 24 hours for an Oklahoma man they say posted live videos to social media while running from police during a violent rampage that included shooting two police officers, armed car thefts and killing his aunt and uncle, apparently attempting to cut off their heads.
Michael Dale Vance Jr., a 38-year-old man from Chandler, Oklahoma, is wanted on multiple charges, including two counts of first-degree murder. Police say he was last seen early Monday about 30 miles from the Texas border in western Oklahoma — 165 miles away from where the manhunt began Sunday night in Wellston.
The two police officers were shot and wounded as they responded to shots fired Sunday evening in Wellston, about 35 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said one person was arrested, but Vance fled in a patrol vehicle. The officers’ injuries weren’t life-threatening, and both are expected to recover, said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown.
Vance is suspected of later shooting a woman and stealing her vehicle at a mobile home park near Wellston, then driving about 8 miles to the mobile home of his aunt and uncle in Luther and killing them, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Opgrande said.
Ronald Everett Wilkson, 55, had been shot and had stab wounds to his neck "consistent with an attempt to sever his head," Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Belanger wrote in an arrest affidavit. Valerie Kay Wilkson, 54, had similar neck wounds along with defensive wounds on her arms, the affidavit stated.
Investigators found a large knife covered in blood inside the home, along with a blood-stained shirt and two shell casings from a round typically fired from an AK-47-style assault rifle.
Opgrande said authorities also believe Vance filmed two Facebook Live videos documenting his run from police before going to the Wilksons’ home.
In one video, a man wearing a backward baseball cap and a shirt that appears to be covered in blood says he’s about to steal another vehicle and that it’s "gonna be intense." In another, which seems to be filmed inside a second vehicle, the same man says: "Letting y’all know, look, this is real," before panning to a long gun on the passenger seat.
He said: "If you want to know what’s up next, stay tuned to your local news."
Vance also is suspected of shooting a man in the leg in an attempted carjacking early Monday at a convenience store in Sayre, about 30 miles from the Texas border. Sayre Police Chief Ronnie Harrold said the man identified Vance as the man who shot him.
The arrest warrant for Vance also includes charges of an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and possession of a firearm after former conviction of a felony. Court records show Vance faces felony charges of child sexual abuse in Lincoln County, and has a court hearing Nov. 7.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Vance is believed to be driving a silver 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse with an Oklahoma license plate of 943LQQ. Vance is described as Native American, standing 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 212 pounds.
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For some reason, I just got a Facebook post of his Wanted poster.
At the bottom, it said he may be trying to spread disease.
On my phone or I’d post it
It's "society's" fault. Capitalism drove him crazy.
Eventually Christian conservatives are to blame.
They're such awful people you know.
see why bein armed at Blue matters
Yea, if you’re after someone for murder why even bother listing such charges?
Thx! But if the perp has AIDS and wants to spread it, WTH is most of the media being so mealy mouthed about it?
One other thing, Liz Warren self-identifies as a Native American and we’re supposed to accept it. This guy is or self-identifies as NA and the enemedia are calling him white? Okaaaay....
I suppose it would’ve been too much to ask for the Hemingway who wrote this to simply make an effort to relate the story in chronological order, rather than in abstract impressionism.
The cops responding to “shots fired” could have been in response to any of the three attacks.
neither.... obamma indoctrination
Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, Lyin John Podesta is just happy that, unlike San Bernardino, the attacker is not an Islamist or Jihadi. His Wikileak emails showed just where his heart is!
Maybe he drink firewater and go on warpath. I heard that in John Wayne movie.
Yes, it was on one of our local stations here in Oklahoma. News9.com (KWTV).
You do know that the LGBLTWXYZ demographic is way over represented in the news media. Some of them might 'know' him and might even have given him the bug to begin with.
Now they says he is Indian. He sure did not look white to me.
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