Police Announce Arrest In Oklahoma Party Shooting That Left 1 Dead, 22 Injured

EDMOND, Okla. — An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday successful relationship pinch a play shooting that near 1 female dormant and 22 different group wounded during a nighttime statement beside an Oklahoma lake, constabulary said.

Jaylan A. Davis was arrested connected a complaint of battle pinch a deadly limb successful nan aftermath of Sunday night’s shooting, which erupted aft an evident statement collapsed retired among a ample crowd gathered astatine Arcadia Lake successful nan northbound Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond, its constabulary main said.

Edmond Police Chief J.D. Younger announced nan apprehension astatine at a news convention and said nan first complaint against Davis was successful nan process of being upgraded to felony execution aft an 18-year-old female was fatally shot. Police identified nan deceased female arsenic Avianna Smith-Gray.

Davis was being held successful nan Edmond jailhouse connected a $1-million enslaved and listed successful jailhouse records arsenic an Oklahoma City resident.

There was nary lawyer listed for Davis successful tribunal documents, and nan Oklahoma County nationalist defender’s agency said Davis would not beryllium assigned an lawyer until nan upgraded charges person been filed.

Detectives judge nan incident began pinch an statement betwixt 2 women attending nan gathering and escalated into an altercation betwixt rival pack members, nan constabulary main said. Younger besides said constabulary deliberation location is astatine slightest 1 much suspect.

In summation to nan 18-year-old female who died, authorities said, others suffered gunshot and shrapnel wounds arsenic dozens of shots were fired astatine nan celebrated boating, sportfishing and swimming reservoir astir 20 miles northbound of downtown Oklahoma City.

Six of nan victims are juveniles, immoderate arsenic young arsenic 15, Younger said.

Davis turned himself successful Wednesday greeting aft constabulary produced an apprehension warrant, nan main said.

“We’re trying to find justness for 23 group that were shot, 1 that’s deceased and moreover nan group that were involved. I deliberation it’s important not to demonize aliases abstracted nan parties here,” Younger said.

He added that aggregate group discharged weapons and that much than 80 rounds were fired.

The female who died, Smith-Gray, was a precocious schoolhouse elder looking guardant to stepping nan shape astatine graduation, her family said connected a fundraising page for her ceremonial expenses. The family said she loved to dance, sing, do hairsbreadth and overmuch more. Her sisters described her arsenic a loving, smart personification who was bully pinch kids and “so afloat of life.”

The statement had been promoted crossed societal media and drew a ample crowd of mostly young adults from astir nan Oklahoma City area to a picnic pavilion beside nan lake. The shooting occurred conscionable arsenic officers were responding to a sound title astir nan party, constabulary person said.

Authorities noted that organizers hadn’t sought nan basal reservations for specified an event.

Schoenbaum writes for nan Associated Press.