Another crazy shooter, this time in Tulsa, OK. Fortunately no one was killed this time.
(CBS/AP/KOTV) – A gunman who opened fire outside the Tulsa County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon is now in custody after being shot by police.
Tulsa County Sheriff’s deputies told CBS affiliate KOTV that a man on the plaza between the courthouse and the library started shooting a gun into the air. Deputies on duty at the courthouse confronted the man and shot him. Photo taken by a library worker:
“During the course of exchange of gunfire, an innocent bystander was hit,” police spokesman Leland Ashley said. He said the injuries to the deputy and the bystander did not appear life-threatening.
Library Chief Executive Officer Gary Shaffer told The Associated Press he was returning from lunch when he saw emergency vehicles. A man who appeared to have been shot in the leg was wheeled out of the library by paramedics.
Shaffer said it was unclear if the man, who he said was unconscious, ran into the library after getting shot or if he was shot in the library. There was broken glass in the library from an apparent bullet.
The photographer
Commentary from the photographer who tooks pics of the shooting and arrest of the suspect near the Tulsa library.
Hindsight is 20/20, but….
…its probably best not to locate your library building next to a courthouse, a jail, etc. etc.