Victim Identified By Oklahoma City Police After Argument Sparks Fatal Shooting

Police are investigating a double shooting on the northwest side of the city. One woman died and another victim was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Investigators have been speaking to witnesses throughout the day who said the shooting started as a fight between two women who lived at the apartment complex.

Shots rang out at the Aspen Way Apartments near Western and Britton Road late Thursday night. When officers arrived, they said 53-year-old Thelma Johnson was found deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.

“Once officers arrived and made their initial investigation,” said Sgt. Eric Long, Oklahoma City Police Department. “They found a victim hat was wounded fatally.”

Another woman was rushed to a local hospital with injuries, but police said was expected to survive. Officers also had a large crowd of witnesses to detain for questioning.

“I know there were some family members involved in this large altercation,” said Sgt. Dillon Quirk, Oklahoma City Police Department. “So, they’re trying to get from interviews what exactly happened. Some of those persons might have been juveniles so that’s information that I have.”

Homicide investigators are working to determine who fired the shots. So far, no arrests have been made. Crime scene investigators stayed on scene collecting evidence 12 hours after the initial shots fired call was made to police. Relatives and friends of the woman who died stayed close-by waiting for answers from police.

Meanwhile, police said the injured woman was treated and released from the hospital Friday morning. She is also being questioned about the shooting.

Police have not released the two victims’ names. Anyone with information about the fatal shooting is urged to call the homicide tip line at (405) 297-1200.

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story said that Oklahoma City Police said a 14-year-old had been injured in this incident. Police later confirmed that juveniles were at the scene of this incident, but both of the victims were adults.