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Deadly Shooting


Photographer: KJRH
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Deadly Shooting


Photographer: KJRH
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Posted: 09/27/2012

TULSA - Tulsa police say two brothers were shot just after midnight Thursday morning at the Fairmont Terrace apartments near 61st and South Peoria Avenue.

Police say officers found a black male in his late teens or early 20s dead inside the apartment from a gunshot wound to the head.  Another black male in his late 30s to early 40s was also shot.  He's expected to recover from wounds to his hip and arm. 

Police say the victims are brothers.

A third person who was in the apartment at the time of the shooting is a cousin to the victims.  He was not injured.

Police say all three men lived in the apartment.

Investigators are looking for two to three male suspects, one of which may have been a black male with light skin, around 20 to 30 years old and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt.

The victims' names haven't yet been released.

A motive for the shootings hasn't been determined.

Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at (918) 596-COPS or the homicide tip line at (918) 798-8477 or email homicide@cityoftulsa.org .

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