FBI Probes Tulsa Shootings As Possible Hate Crimes
ABC News' Alyssa Newcomb and Olivia Katrandjian report:
The Tulsa Police Department has joined forces with the FBI and U.S.
Marshals in a task force called ""Operation Random Shooter" to
investigate three deadly shooting incidents that rocked Tulsa, Okla.,
Friday morning that appear to be linked, police said.
The shootings targeted African-Americans who were out walking. The
suspect is rumored to be white, but the crimes have yet to been deemed
racially motivated. The task force's job will be to determine whether
federal hate crime laws were violated, Tulsa World reported.
Police Chief Chuck Jordan said "logic would lead you to believe that"
these are hate crimes, but the police haven't yet assessed all of the
evidence to make that determination.
Jordan, who described the suspect as a "Lone Wolf," said police are
actively pursuing tips in the case and asking residents to contact
police if they've seen anything.
"This is one where we have to stand together with our community. We
need their help, we want their help and we hope we will get some good
calls to give us some leads," Jordan said.
Three people were killed and two were critically wounded in the
shooting spree. All of the victims were targeted while they were out
walking.
"We are doing what we can do, someone needs to step up and somebody
needs to come forward and say you know we know who did this," Sgt.
Dave Walker of the Tulsa Police Department told ABC affiliate KTUL.
Police are looking for a white male driving a white pick-up truck, the
station reported.
"We feel like he's targeting African Americans and I think law
enforcement, some parts of law enforcement feel that same way," Dr.
Warren Blakney of the NAACP told KTUL.
Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett says the shootings are hard to stomach.
"It pains me to talk about such a violent event that we in this
community have not seen certainly in modern history," said Bartlett.
"We as a community need to be very involved with helping the police
bring this person to justice. This is not a game," Bartlett added.
More:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/fbi-probes-tulsa-shootings-as-possible-hate-crimes/
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