TULSA, Okla. -- Tulsa Police homicide detectives have arrested and filed a criminal complaint against the man they believe shot and killed a man near Harvard and Admiral Wednesday morning.
Police said after the shooting Wednesday morning, John David Schmidt confessed to the murder and burglary.
Schmidt is a convicted felon out of Kansas, according to a police report.
Schmidt was arrested or first degree murder, shooting into an occupied dwelling and first degree burglar.
Police said the fatal shooting started around 1 a.m. Wednesday with an attempted home invasion near N Marion and E King St in Tulsa.
Police said the Schmidt fired several shots at the home earlier in the morning, and then kicked in a door at the around 2:30 a.m.
The victim in the shooting has been identified as David Willis (pictured below.)
Police say the homeowner returned fire and the man ran away. Tulsa Police Sgt. Dave Walker said the suspect then started shooting, striking Willis, who was sitting in a car on North Marion Avenue.
"He kicked in the door over there. They shot at him one time. The suspect then retreated to his house area and was in the street when a patrol car drove by him, saw he was armed with a handgun, heard one shot, the officer thought he was shooting at him, the officer turned around, took cover and as he was doing that he hears two more shots . Those are the shots that probably killed the individual in the car," said Tulsa Police Sergeant Dave Walker.
According to Walker, the suspect threw down his gun and surrendered when police arrived.
Willis' mother, Paula Wood, told 2 Works For You her son was coming home at the time of the shooting.
“I don’t know what happened, I just know he was coming home. He lives here. He’s my next youngest of five sons. My husband and I are disabled and he helps take care of us. He’s just a baby,” said Wood.
Wood said family members are driving from Texas to be with them.
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