Mass Shooting At Halloween Party Leaves 1 Dead, 12 Injured
By Bill Galluccio
October 12, 2024
One person was killed, and 12 others were injured in a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, early Saturday (October 12) morning. Two people were rushed to the hospital in critical condition, while the other ten victims sustained minor injuries.
Authorities said that gunshots rang out inside Patty's Event Center just after 12:30 a.m. The Oklahoma City Police Department said that two groups got into a "verbal altercation" that turned physical as the fight spilled outside into the parking lot.
The two groups exchanged gunfire outside before going back inside, where the shootout continued.
No arrests have been made, but multiple people have been detained for questioning.
"We still have a lot of witnesses to talk to and people to interview," Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said. "Any kind of evidence or phone videos that these witnesses have, we're going to go through all of that. We're going to work with our detectives to figure out what exactly occurred inside the building and outside the building."