TROOP-L Started follwoing a semi west on I-44 stopping it outside of Sapulpa, Driver would not respond after stopping and then drove off with Troopers in tow.
OHP WORKING SEMI/HOSTAGE? I-44 @ Spaulpa
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Stop Sticks thrown and truck has stopped again @ the Sapulpa Gate. Sapulpa units helping OHP at their request.
Driver out and in custody. Not sure what he has done at this time or what the situation is reguarding the truck and it's passengers.
Sapulpa trying to block eastbound traffic on I-44 @ Kellyvile, 2nd suspect refusing to come out of the Truck and OHP Negotiator in route.
Ok, Homicide suspect in truck reported being heavily armed.
OHP Came up with this being a suspect vehicle by pinging a cell phone as it traveld into OK. Unsure if there is another person in the truck or not...
OHP trying to figure out if they even have the right truck stopped at this point.
Wrong truck stopped on I-44, Truck located in Heyburn Station. OHP has located the phone that was being Pinged and now believe they have suspect in custody
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On the Tulsa World Website today:
By JEFF BILLINGTON World Staff Writer
9/3/2008 11:07 PM
Last Modified: 9/4/2008 2:38 PM
Portions of the Turner Turnpike were closed for several hours Wednesday night while the Oklahoma Highway Patrol attempted to locate a possible homicide suspect, officials said.
Lt. George Brown said the OHP received a call about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday that a detective from California was following a tractor trailer that might have been harboring a murder suspect from California.
“We did receive a call that the telephone number that was possibly being used the by person of interest was pinging at a cell phone tower in Tulsa, and that’s how we were able to track the vehicle. We followed it from the Will Rogers Turnpike to the Turner Turnpike, where troopers then stopped the semi,” Brown said.
Troopers set up a perimeter around the vehicle while waiting for the investigative units from the OHP, he said.
After interviewing the driver of the tractor trailer and searching the vehicle, troopers determined his paperwork was in order and the possible suspect was not found, Brown said.
“We were convinced there was no evidence of the wanted suspect in or around the vehicle,” he said. “The FBI arrived on the scene at around 12:30 or 1, and we turned everything over to them.”
The name of the possible suspect was not released and no arrests were made, Brown said.
During the search, east and westbound turnpike lanes from the Tulsa entrance to milemarker 207 near the Kellyville exit were closed. Lanes were reopened just after 10:30 p.m., Brown said.
By JEFF BILLINGTON World Staff Writer
9/3/2008 11:07 PM
Last Modified: 9/4/2008 2:38 PM
Portions of the Turner Turnpike were closed for several hours Wednesday night while the Oklahoma Highway Patrol attempted to locate a possible homicide suspect, officials said.
Lt. George Brown said the OHP received a call about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday that a detective from California was following a tractor trailer that might have been harboring a murder suspect from California.
“We did receive a call that the telephone number that was possibly being used the by person of interest was pinging at a cell phone tower in Tulsa, and that’s how we were able to track the vehicle. We followed it from the Will Rogers Turnpike to the Turner Turnpike, where troopers then stopped the semi,” Brown said.
Troopers set up a perimeter around the vehicle while waiting for the investigative units from the OHP, he said.
After interviewing the driver of the tractor trailer and searching the vehicle, troopers determined his paperwork was in order and the possible suspect was not found, Brown said.
“We were convinced there was no evidence of the wanted suspect in or around the vehicle,” he said. “The FBI arrived on the scene at around 12:30 or 1, and we turned everything over to them.”
The name of the possible suspect was not released and no arrests were made, Brown said.
During the search, east and westbound turnpike lanes from the Tulsa entrance to milemarker 207 near the Kellyville exit were closed. Lanes were reopened just after 10:30 p.m., Brown said.
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