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5 children, 1 adult killed in Oklahoma shooting

Published : 03 Feb 2021, 01:34

  DF News Desk
File Photo Xinhua.

Five children and an adult were killed in a shooting in Muskogee of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, reported Xinhua, quoting local police on Tuesday.

Police responded to a 1:30 a.m. call of multiple people shot at a residence in southeast Muskogee, and when officers arrived, they saw a suspect holding a gun and arrested him after a short chase.

The suspect is reportedly a member of the victims' family.

Muskogee is roughly 80 kilometers southeast of Tulsa, the second-largest city of Oklahoma.