TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa police released the name of the man shot and killed after allegedly 'ambushing' first responders on June 1.
TPD said 29-year-old Parker Grayson Brown opened fire on first responders when they responded to a shooting call near 56th and Harvard.
According to police, officers responded to a call about a person jogging who had been shot in the leg near Eisenhower International School.
"This is a sprawling scene that's taken place over multiple blocks," Tulsa Police Department's Capt. Richard Meulenberg said. "What had happened, which is very atypical and very unusual, we responded to a 'shots fired' call where a jogger said they were hit. Didn't know who shot them or why they were shot."
While at that scene assisting the jogger, police said the gunman emerged from behind a responding fire truck. The suspect began firing at officers, then escaped in a car eastbound toward 56th Street and Harvard Avenue.
Police chased the suspect until he stopped in a cul-de-sac near 58th Street and Delaware Place.
There, a witness who identified himself as Chris told 2 News the suspect began shooting at officers again, but officers fired back, killing the man.
"He drew a weapon and then he advanced on police and fired on them, and they returned fire," the resident said. "And I saw him fall dead in the street. It's horrible."
Police blocked portions of both 56th Street and Gary Avenue as they investigated the shootings. The jogger went to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
No first responders or neighbors were hurt in the shooting, according to TPD.
Tulsa police said the officers who shot and killed the suspect are on administrative leave while the investigation is conducted.
"It does happen, unfortunately, that people will ambush first responders, ambush police officers. We're going to respond in kind," Capt. Meulenberg said. "We're going to defend ourselves. We're going to defend the community."
"We walk our dogs around here. Our kids play in the street," the neighbor said. "And then to have all this happen, a really big police car chase and a shooting (with) someone dead in the street. It's unreal, really."
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