Photos Show Barefoot Gunman in Shootout Outside of Tulsa Courthouse
- Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:29am by
Buck Sexton
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(The Blaze/AP)- Three people were hit with bullets Wednesday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire outside an Oklahoma courthouse, and an employee at a nearby library caught the frightening scene on his camera.
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According to the Daily Mail, authorities responded to a report of a person firing into the air between the Tulsa County Courthouse and the library. Deputies, including the one who was wounded, exchanged gunfire with the shooter, police said.
Injuries to the deputy and the bystander did not appear life-threatening, though the deputy was shot in both arms. No names were immediately released.
Emergency medical personnel said one man was taken to a hospital in critical condition and that two others were hospitalized — one in serious and one in fair condition.
John Fancher, a communications coordinator with the library, told The Associated Press that he heard gunshots and then raced to a nearby window to capture the scene on his camera.
“I see a guy barefoot nonchalantly just waving a gun in the air,” Fancher said.
“I’m thinking this is not the downtown I remember working in. I start snapping off some shots and he sits down, just casually sits down, gun in his hand and three sheriff‘s come out of the courthouse and I can’t hear what they’re saying.”
Fancher said the man turned around and stood up with his gun.
“That’s when (the deputies) did what they had to do,” he added.
Library Chief Executive Officer Gary Shaffer was returning from his lunch break when he saw a man with a leg wound being wheeled out of the library.
Shaffer said it wasn’t clear at the scene whether the suspect was wounded and tried to escape into the library, or if he was shot while trying to hide in the library.
Two Tulsa County District Court Judges said they were in courtrooms on the seventh floor when they saw the gunfire exchange. They told reporters the gunman fired at least two shots at the deputies, and deputies fired multiple rounds back only after ordering him to drop the weapon.
Police are still investigating a motive.
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izukiddin
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 4:02pmWhat a shame.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:54pmI am sorry this guy got hurt. I hope he gets better. It looks like he was only shot in the forearm. That & he needs a lot of psych work. I would have shot him in the chest. I don’t consider myself Annie Oakley & a crack shot.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:57pmAttempted suicide by cop.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/tulsa-suspects-brother-killed-1377126.html
Report Post »666Sucks
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 3:43pmAt face value suicide by cop. Hope he succeeded! As for the wounded by stadards, what happened to the training, not supposed to shoot when there are innocents in the line of fire, sounds like the training budget has been cut or is substandard. But someone mentioned the coming civil war and the possible millions that may die, you are dead on! Americans have no idea what’s this communist Muslim aliance has planned for us and what is about to happen.
Report Post »taxx
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:51pmWow, nice conclusionary statement.In cases of impending danger the threat of the suspect may outweigh the need for a clear backstop.
If I guy points a gun at me, someone else….or even you, I am shooting regardless of who is standing behind him.
Report Post »maxarma1
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:45pmThat’s why I carry 45 loaded with powerball rounds so they are less likely to bring harm to someone behind the perp! Know your ammo an weapon then pray you never have to use it.
Report Post »nevragain
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:40pmDid I miss something? Where does it say the cops shot anyone but the suspect?
Report Post »OniKaze
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 1:42pmShame… Glad he didn’t kill anyone….
Report Post »goldmind
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 2:01pmGraphic? Are you kidding me? And what is wrong with graphic? Are we too sensitive to view reality?
Report Post »And who designated the blaze to make the call? Our streets, may soon be flowing with the blood of divided Americans…keep the graphics flowing.
survivorseed
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 3:38pmWow…49 comments. This site has officially died. RIP
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 4:38pm@SURVIVORSEED…… Wish in one hand then crap in the other and see which one fills up first… A-hole.
Report Post »catfood
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:09pmthe cops shot more people than he did
Report Post »nevragain
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:42pmCatfood. Did I miss something? Where does it say that?
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:47pmGood thing all he had was his low capacity revolver….unfortunately maybe a .357 and an inaccurate 2 inch barrel? Death by Cop……oh well say hello to “bubba”……..
Report Post »catfood
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 1:24pmthats why they shot two bystanders…
Report Post »lcltcc
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:47pmI used to live in Tulsa, and I remember one day there was a 3 hour stand off 3 houses down from mine. After 3 hours the police finally stormed the house and found a guy passed out in the house, it was hilarious. Another thing that happened was one day when my kids were taking the 3 block walk home from school, I heard about a police chase, that just happened to be coming straight up the street I lived on ‘N. Yale’ and I went out to go toward the place they would cross, just before the kids got to the corner the police cruiser screamed by doing at a minimum of 70 mph, probably faster. I was pissed, if the crossing guard had been in the street with the children there would have been no way to get them to safety. I also remember a black guy killing two people, a black woman and white man when he robbed them, he got $2 from the guy, and not much more from the woman. I was glad to move away.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 1:00pmYou forgot to mention that the criminal that was being chased, didn’t warn the public or your kids that he was coming, but the police had sirens going to warn people. Yet your post placed all of your comments against the police. Somethings wrong.
Report Post »catfood
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 1:02pmanything North of 11th are gangs
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:22pm.
Report Post »He was probably one of those PC White Guilt Obama voters that snapped……
leonardo44
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:22pmSo random and strange, he must’ve been under the influence of drugs.
Report Post »catfood
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:12pmI happen to live in Tulsa The shooter shot in the air the POLICE shot 3 PEOPLE theres the rest of the story
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:25pmYep the Police State is alive and well.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:28pmYou know in the 1800s if a Cowboy would have come out of a saloon and waved his gun in the air and took a few shots, no one would have said a word. They might even have joined him and laughed about it…..Nowadays you do that and you are as good as dead, At the very least you go to prison for a very long time.
Report Post »Bring bacl open carry…
Razorhunters
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:39pmaye , that be true dog.
Report Post »Charles
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:44pmCops often start shooting wildly. Poor marksmanship and too many shots missing the target completely.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:53amlove the ghoul pics…thanks blaze.
want to show people being raped next…?hmm?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:01pmI have noticed that Kids close their eyes when scared!
Report Post »jdog777
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:03pmThe pics are appropriate…. this is what happens to you if you randomly start shooting your gun in populated areas. The only tragedy here… the gunman appears to still be alive.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:12pmit does not affect me at all …
i have been waist deep in blood and guts…
but , with continued stream of violence and others acts de-sensitize all to the violence and become numb and un caring.
there was no need to show the last pic.
is all i’m saying.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:13pmRAZORHUNTER:
Report Post »You wouldn’t be so brave if the Razors had guns and shot back.
Fried Okra
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:15pm@ Razorhunters
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:53am
love the ghoul pics…thanks blaze.
want to show people being raped next…?hmm?
Uhhh… did you not see the BIG BOLD warning? (Caution: Graphic Images)
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:21pmchips ,
you do not know me.
i carry my weapons every where i go.
i have taken lives before…govt sanctioned.
do not even attempt to advise me on anything.
have seen horrors that would make you run back up into yo mama…
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:34pmRazor, you tease me with a “Yo mama” joke.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:37pmI’ve killed at government request. I was in Cam Lo Hill. I was at a-1. I was in Hue. I have scars. It was 45 years ago, but I remember Robert Heiser. It will be with me my entire life. You belong to those drug users. I also spent 36 years protecting people like you. It’s what I do. The police were there because someone has to protect the public. The government doesn’t want them to protect themselves.
Report Post »Kerstile
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:42pmGood Lord JDOG, he appears to have multiple chest wounds. Note blood streaming from mouth. He is not long in this world. The last photo appears to be his death photo.
Agree with @Razor. I have been in Razor’s position only from medical end, not as a fighter. Experiencing this type of violence first hand Changes you (note capital letter).
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:51pm@Razor,
Unfortunately the “kids” that may be viewing have only experiences in video game blood. I for one, believe a little REALity will do them wonders!! I don’t condone rape and in your comparison you are wrong to assume that rape and this maniac are the same? This guy deserved what he got and a rape victim has nothing but my sincerest sympathy.
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 3:51pm@Razorhunters
People who did the things you claim don’t talk about them. Posers, hoever, often do.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:49amWhy is he barefoot – he’s not naked. He’s covering his nakedness with darkness. What light came out of these photos? A barefoot shooter saying with his bare feet ‘I’m naked’, and police saying with their uniforms ‘I like order for myself’ but really being shambles in their hearts because they wear their order externally. Therefore it is a complete situation of dysfunction, but when darkness collides with darkness, light comes out of it.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:53amWhat the hell are you talking about?
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:00pmsomebody steal his $200 nikes
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:01pmMrButcher,
Report Post »What do you mean “What do I mean?” It’s because you are not thoughtful. Here we have two sides of darkness in this situation. And me as an outside viewer can draw light from the situation, but both the police and the shooter draw only darkness. They draw the darkness away fro me whereby I can see light. And I can see that I neither want to be a crazed shooter or a policeman.
mccracken
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:04pmIt’s just Tim. He’s very spiritual, you know.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:05pmTim, I have a real good idea what you’re saying here, but how do you know that the deputies aren’t right with the Lord in their hearts? It’s a dirty job sometimes, but someone has to do it. BTW, your posts remind me of Salvador Dali’s works.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:08pmFor instance, even as the U.S boils down into turmoil, individual police and entire police units will have the hooks of the lord cast into their jaws and they will be spun about against each other as some light finds it’s way into their hearts. Perhaps when some of them begin to worry about mom and dad‘s electricity or they worry about grandma’s healthcare. But nevertheless they will be turned about. That‘s why I don’t worry.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:16pmTake for instance the French Revolution. They had built so many barriers in their hearts, and they had built so many walls, that when the light was cast upon them it turned into utter chaos, and the cockroaches scattered a million different directions. Well with all the walls you have allowed to be built in the United States, the very same thing is going to happen. And it‘s all everyone’s fault. And it‘s your fault you didn’t realize that‘s the very thing the Founding Father’s of the United States knew.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:19pmHey Timmy! Did Lassie tell you to say that? Are you playing your records backwards?
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:24pmThe Founding Fathers of the United States were attempting to build a nation that could withstand the Holy fire of Heaven coming down. And when Thomas Jefferson and Adam’s stated that Americans would figure it out – that’s what they were talking about.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:26pmlay off the peyote jim.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:26pmAmerica was supposed to have been a nation of Laws and not a nation of men.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:30pmPeople throughout the world (even people who haven’t stood up)have a whole lot of bound animosity, and when the United States goes down, all Holy Hell is going to break loose in the earth.
Report Post »Kerstile
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:51pmThere is no reason to craft your writing in the style of “Finnegan’s Wake”. If you want to communicate, speak a little more plainly. Your writing assumes that we have some preconceived knowledge of what you are thinking. “Light”, “darkness”; my good man, being arcane does not mean you are more intelligent than anyone else posting here. It comes of as snobbish and adds little to the conversation. Your writing style becomes a distraction.
Laugh at me, all. Why did I even address this person?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:32amI have to wonder how these events continue to grow in more and more common happenings; are we just seeing a ever-increasing awareness, or media sensationalism of them; or is there more going on from the shadows?
Report Post »Sorocialism
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:44amViolence/Suicide rates tend to increase as the economy slumps…financial stressors lead to depression and other other family problems which causes more depression…and if the person is already unstable may lead to an outburst such as this one.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:45amSnow…these types of incidents are increasing, it has to do a lot with the rise in meth use. This incident screams meth. Cheap horrible drug destroying people and communities. Sad.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:49amWhile the Percentage of Criminals & Insane remains the same… as the Population increases there are more Events! Simple Ratios & Algebra!
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:49amI want to know what set the guy off. Is he a nut job? Did something happen in a court case? What explains his attire? Again , half a story about an evil gunman. I hope blaze will have a fallow up story.
Report Post »Fried Okra
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:50amMy Dad and I just went yesterday to turn in our Concealed Weapon Permits. I probably will never have to pull out my Colt Defender .45 ACP (avatar picture)… and I HOPE I never have to pull it out. But, I WILL defend myself and family to the death.
Report Post »wellhangingchad
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:00pmIt may also be oxys. Pills are becoming just as bad as meth for ruining people’s lives.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:00pmThis will only continue to get worse as those who do have guns become unstable and disallusioned with the whole situation we are in…we’ve got to hunker down and prepare to walk a line thats going to be a trial for us all. Don’t give into the pressure and crack like this guy. There is always a better solution.
Report Post »fishlore
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:35pmViolent crime rates are down everywhere in the country. These events aren’t happening more frequently. There are more cameras, video recorders and media sensationalism than ever. Human nature always thinks things are worse now. The weather is worse now, people are worse now, crime is worse now. Except when you look at facts, this couldn’t be further from the truth.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:43pmFISHLORE:
Report Post »Just heard on the news that crime in Washington and another place went down 34% because of the right to carry law. You are so right. Thanks.
Bobj_1960
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 1:30pmTo quote one of my favorite authors “An armed society is a polite society.”
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