BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma — Just In Press Release: On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at approximately 11:32 PM, the Broken Arrow Police Department was dispatched to the 900 block of Magnolia Court for a 911 call with an unknown problem. When officers arrived, they discovered five victims deceased inside the house. The deceased victims were two adults and three juveniles. All of the victims were stabbed.
Officers found an injured juvenile victim, who was transported to a Tulsa-area hospital in critical condition. Another juvenile victim, a young child, was found unharmed and the child was taken into protective custody.
Officers took two suspects into custody, a 16-year-old and 18-year-old. The suspects were found by a K9 officer in a greenbelt area behind the residence.
The victims and suspects are family and lived in the residence together.
Assisting with the investigation is the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office and the Department of Human Services.
EARLIER: On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at approximately 11:30 PM, the Broken Arrow Police Department was dispatched to the 900 block of Magnolia Court for an unknown problem. This, after a silent 911 call was made.
When officers arrived, they discovered five victims deceased. Officers found one living juvenile victim, who was transported to the hospital in critical condition. Another juvenile victim was found unharmed.
Police found those five people stabbed to death; a 13 year old girl was also stabbed. The five victims were two adults and three juveniles.
She was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Doctors upgraded her condition to serious and stabilized her.
An unharmed 2-year-old was taken into police custody.
According to police, two teen brothers ran out a back door when police arrived. A K-9 officer tracked the pair along a trail behind the home and police took both into custody a short time later. Police said one brother is 16, the other is 18 and both have since been arrested.
Investigators with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation are now at the home and assisting Broken Arrow Police with the case.
It’s unclear what led up to the murders. No further details were available.
Broken Arrow is on the Arkansas River, just southeast of Tulsa, and the home is in a well-established, upper-middle-class neighborhood surrounded on three sides by the country club. Property records showed the home sold for $245,000 in 2007, and Tulsa County tax records show it is among the largest and most expensive homes on the block.
