TULSA, Okla. — A man is dead after a late-night shooting at a QuikTrip in north Tulsa on Thursday.
Tulsa police responded to a call about a shooting around 10 p.m. at the QuikTrip near Pine and Peoria. Police said when they got there officers found a security guard who confronted 21-year-old Dewayne James who he said was attempting to steal beer. During the confrontation, he said James pulled a gun on the security guard.
Police say witnesses told them that the security guard told James to drop the gun several times before shooting him outside of the store.
The guard shot James outside of the store. He later died at the hospital.
Police did not arrest the security guard.
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