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Police investigating homicide after body found in Oklahoma City

Police told KOCO 5 that they were responding to a report of shots fired when the body was found

Police investigating homicide after body found in Oklahoma City

Police told KOCO 5 that they were responding to a report of shots fired when the body was found

KNOW ABOUT A SUSPECT. INVESTIGATORS WORKING RIGHT NOW TO FIND OUT WHAT LED UP TO A GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN A METRO COMMUNITY JUST BEFORE 10 P.M.. OKC POLICE GOT A CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO HEARD SHOTS FIRED NEAR SOUTHEAST 27TH IN SANTA FE. POLICE ARRIVED TO THAT AREA. ONE PERSON WAS FOUND INSIDE A TENT IN THIS INTERSECTION WITH INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH HOMICIDE. OFFICERS NOT RELEASING MANY DETAILS, ONLY SHARING THE PERSON HAD INJURIES THAT MATCHED A HOMICIDE. INVESTIGATE ASIAN. AT THIS POINT, THE INVESTIGATIONS IN THE VERY, VERY EARLY STAGES THIS AFTERNOON, OFFICERS TELLING KOCO NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND AN URGENT SEARCH IS UNDERWAY FOR THE PERS
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Police investigating homicide after body found in Oklahoma City

Police told KOCO 5 that they were responding to a report of shots fired when the body was found

A homicide investigation is underway after a man's body was found Tuesday night in south Oklahoma City.Around 9:30 p.m., police conducted a welfare check at a homeless camp near 27th Street and Santa Fe Avenue. When officers arrived, police said they found a person dead inside a tent with injuries consistent with homicide.Police have not released the victim's name pending next-of-kin notification.The investigation is in its early stages, and police have not made any arrests. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Oklahoma City Police Department's homicide tip-line at 405-297-1200.

A homicide investigation is underway after a man's body was found Tuesday night in south Oklahoma City.

Around 9:30 p.m., police conducted a welfare check at a homeless camp near 27th Street and Santa Fe Avenue. When officers arrived, police said they found a person dead inside a tent with injuries consistent with homicide.

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Police have not released the victim's name pending next-of-kin notification.

The investigation is in its early stages, and police have not made any arrests. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Oklahoma City Police Department's homicide tip-line at 405-297-1200.