TULSA - The record number of homicides in Tulsa for 2016 jumped to 73 on Friday morning when 37-year-old Leon Crockett died around 5 a.m. after being shot on Nov. 19 in North Tulsa, according to police reports.
Tulsa Police say they responded to a call at 1339 E. 36th St. No. on that date where a woman said she had shot an intruder.
Officers found Crockett in the resident's kitchen with gunshot wounds. He was transported to St. John Hospital where he died Friday morning, according to the police report.
The woman was not arrested at the time of the shooting, but Tulsa Homicide officers say the case remains open. Police say the reason for Crockett being in the woman's apartment remains in dispute.
The TPD is asking anyone with information on this case to call Crime Stoppers at 918-596-2677.
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