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Suspect arrested after man shot, killed at Pine and Yale Dollar General

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Posted at 7:23 AM, Nov 20, 2023
and last updated 2023-11-20 10:26:19-05

TULSA, Okla. — A man is dead after being shot and killed at a Dollar General near E. Pine Street and N. Yale Avenue early Monday morning.

The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office official told 2 News a few minutes before 1 a.m. on Monday, deputies responded to a man down at the Dollar General.

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The man died at the hospital about an hour later. TCSO identified the victim as 46-year-old Paul Nelson Schultz.

Officials said surveillance video shows a man get out of his vehicle in the parking lot and shoot the victim during an apparent confrontation. The gunman then fled the scene.

Deputies searched the area and found the suspect, 38-year-old Thomas Lee Knox, and arrested him on complaints of murder.

Authorities know the victim "did work here at the store and that he was also homeless and lived in a tent that's located just beyond that white building, right there."


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