UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested in connection to a north Tulsa homicide that took place in December 2021.
Tulsa police responded to a call on Dec. 15 about hearing shots fired at 12:30 a.m. near Pine and Peoria. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a crashed silver SUV with a woman lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the chest.
First responders were called to the scene where the victim was pronounced dead shortly after. The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Jennifer Hernandez.
Authorities learned two other people were in the car with Hernandez. According to witnesses, the SUV was driving down the street when a man walked up and started shooting at the car.
31-year-old Courtney Mikial Thomas was arrested and is currently in the Collin County Jail in McKinney, Texas. He is being charged on multiple counts, including 1st-degree murder.
Thomas will soon be transferred to the Tulsa County Jail.
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