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3 days ago
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OKC police say few arrests despite large crowds downtown at OKC Thunder Champions Parade
Despite the immense crowd turnout for the OKC Thunder Champions Parade, police reported a comparatively low number of arrests during the celebration. Due to the hundreds of thousands of people who were expected to swarm downtown Oklahoma City, the local police department called in teams from law enforcement agencies across the state to assist with security and crowd control. But OKC police Sgt. Dillon Quirk said it was "a fairly quiet, went-how-it-was-supposed-to day," all things considered. Police arrested seven people, Quirk said, two of the arrests being related to firearms, but most being related to public intoxication. "One being a juvenile, which is a misdemeanor arrest, and the other one was an adult intoxicated with a firearm," he said. "But there wasn't any threatening acts of violence with those arrests or anything like that; it was simply the possession charges. We really had just misdemeanor stuff, public drunkenness and arrests of that nature." More: What is OKC's population? How does it compare with Thunder parade crowd expectations? A fatal shooting was reported late Tuesday into early Wednesday in downtown OKC's Bricktown district, long after official parade festivities had ended. Just before 11:50 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to the shooting in front of the Harkins Theater on E. Reno. The victim, Lyric Lewis, who'd just turned 18 a month ago, was taken by private vehicle to a local hospital, where police said she was later pronounced dead. Quirk said it was unclear what led to the shooting, and no arrests had been made in connection with it as of Wednesday morning. Another homicide occurred during the afternoon Tuesday in the city's southside. Around 3:15 p.m., police responded to a shooting in front of a home in the 2500 block of SW 45. Edwin Jelinek, 44, was taken to a hospital in the area but died of his gunshot wounds, police said. According to a news release, a suspect fled the scene in a dark red vehicle that police spotted soon afterward. Following a short slow-speed pursuit from officers, the 32-year-old suspect stopped at a residence and surrendered, police said. The Oklahoman is not naming the man because he has not yet been formally charged with murder, but he already faces accusations of automobile larceny in a previous case from late May. This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OKC police say few arrests despite massive turnout at Thunder parade
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16-03-2025
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OKCPD asking public to register cameras to help solve crime
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok (KFOR) — You can help detectives solve crimes in the city faster by building their database of security cameras across Oklahoma City. It's in partnership with OKCPD's Real Time Information Center, which went live in 2023. 'It's a monitoring center for our officers to use,' said SGT. Dillon Quirk, Oklahoma City Police Department. OKCPD integrates nearly 750 cameras for public safety program The Real Time Information Center at OKCPD allows officers to look at cameras during an active crime or help solve a case. 'Maybe if there's a car that's stolen or any type of any type of crime that's going on, we're able to monitor or help our patrol officers out, get to that area or follow a suspect if they've fled the area,' said SGT. Quirk. The cameras helped solve a case back in January when a suspect stole a car from the Omni hotel and crashed it in the backyard of someone's house. Officers tracked the car during the police chase using the cameras. 'In the Real Time Information Center, we're doing things live, in real-time while it's happening,' said Shelby H., a crime analyst at OKCPD. To help solve cases faster, police are asking you to register your home or business camera in their system. Oklahoma City Police use advanced tech to track armed robbery suspects in real time 'It lets us know that the cameras are there at the residences so we don't have to knock door to door and figure out if a crime has taken place in that area,' said SGT. Quirk. The department also said that just because your camera is registered to them, doesn't mean they can take video without you knowing. 'We still have to obtain that footage from them, either by an email or in some some other way,' said SGT. Quirk. Including your camera in their database is just one option. There's another option that directly allows the department to see the live feed. 'The integration is more of the business side. You register a device through a third party, you link it to your cameras that you already have, and that way we're able to access live feeds,' said SGT. Quirk. SGT. Quirk said if a business owner calls police and said they were being robbed, officers can see it happening in real-time and may solve the crime quicker. With either option of registering a camera, officers said it can help them bridge the gap when a suspect may not be spotted on a main security camera, but might be nearby. Oklahoma City man says social security benefits terminated without warning or explanation 'We can pull up the feed to that house or that business and figure out maybe where they went or how that unfolded from that point,' said SGT. Quirk. Police said they want to reassure Oklahomans they will not access the cameras anytime outside of a crime in that area. It's also completely voluntary. The department said have been registering their cameras since 2023 since the Real Time Information Center first opened. To register your camera in their database, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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19-02-2025
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Icy weather leads to crashes and close calls on roads
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Roads continued to worsen throughout the day on Tuesday as snow started and the temperatures stayed cold. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority said three snow plows were hit by other drivers. 'We are really needing motorists to slow down in these conditions. They should probably be driving 50 mile per hour or less,' said Lisa Shearer-Salim, an OTA spokesperson. VIDEO: Semi sideswipes snow plow on Turner Turnpike near Chandler Snow plows are vital during weather like this and OTA said it's important to watch for them on roads. There were multiple car wrecks across the metro from the icy conditions. One truck even flipped over on the side of the road. Oklahoma City Police said if you do get into a wreck or spin out and you can't move to a safe spot, it's important to stay inside the car. 'Definitely call 911. We'll get the resources out to you to help get you safely off the road and get your vehicle moved off the side of the road,' said Sgt. Dillon Quirk, Oklahoma City Police Department. The colder weather is here for the next couple of days, but that's not stopping crews from working to keep roads as safe as possible. 'We will still utilize our material, but we will use less of it so that when the sun does come out and temperatures do rise a little bit, the material is there and ready to work. But we don't want to just dump unnecessary salt on the roads,' said Chris Daniels, the OKC Streets Superintendent. 'Traveling too fast': Accidents continue in the the metro, says OHP 'Our crews that are out on the roads work 12-hour shifts around the clock,' said Tara Henson, ODOT Communications. In addition to working 12-hour shifts, ODOT has 100 plows working across the state to keep the roads as clear as possible. Even with pre-treating the roads and monitoring them throughout the day, officials want to remind drivers to slow down. 'As conditions deteriorate, we really need people to give plenty of extra space to other vehicles and especially that 200 foot or more distance away from snow plow equipment,' said Shearer-Salim. For more road updates you can download the Drive Oklahoma app. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
