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after all of the years has passed. we still need help for the people who lived . may god be with them.
Dorothy Henderson
September 11, 2019 | Tulsa, OK | Neighbor
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two men were arrested Sunday in a shooting rampage that left three people dead and terrorized Tulsa's black community, and police said one suspect may have been trying to avenge his father's shooting two years ago by a black man.
Police identified both suspects as white, while all five victims in the rampage early Friday were black.
Police Chief Chuck Jordan said the gunmen appeared to have chosen their victims at random. Police identified those killed as Dannaer Fields, 49, Bobby Clark, 54, and William Allen, 31. Two men were wounded but were released from the hospital, Jordan said.
The shootings come at a fraught moment for black Americans. In late February, an unarmed black teen, Trayvon Martin, was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., raising questions about racial profiling and touching off protests across the nation.
While Tulsa police were reluctant to describe the shootings there as racially motivated, City Councilman Jack Henderson was not.
"Being an NAACP president for seven years, I think that somebody that committed these crimes were very upset with black people," Henderson said. "That person happened to be a white person, the people they happened to kill and shoot are black people. That fits the bill for me."
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS,Associated Press
Associated Press writers Rochelle Hines in Oklahoma City and Erica Hunzinger in Chicago contributed to this report.
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after all of the years has passed. we still need help for the people who lived . may god be with them.
Dorothy Henderson
September 11, 2019 | Tulsa, OK | Neighbor
KATHY AND BUDDY BARNETT
May 21, 2012 | NEWPORT, TN
E. Connelly
April 18, 2012 | Atlanta, GA
Deepest sympathy goes out to all of the victims and those that knew and loved them. May God bless and comfort all of you.
Mrs. Alaniz
April 18, 2012 | TX
My sympathy to the family and friends. The God of comfort will be there to strengthen and comfort you through this tragedy. Psalms 46:1
Gail
April 18, 2012 | Cleveland, OH
I will keep the family of the victims in my prayers
April 17, 2012
Bless us from above
Jackie Lynn
April 17, 2012 | Indianapolis, IN
Our prayers for the victims and family members.God Bless you.From the Barrera and Haselrig family.
Cynthia Barrera
April 17, 2012 | Rancho Cordova, CA
May God be with all the familys and friends
Cheryl Jackson
April 17, 2012 | McComb, MS