LAWTON, Okla_Lawton police are
still trying to figure out what led up to a shooting that left two dead and
another in the hospital. The victims have been identified as 29 year old Latesha
Pettaway, and her boyfriend, 24 year old Ricky McDaniel, who is also the
suspected shooter. The woman's brother, Shannon Taylor, was wounded in the
attack.
Lawton police say all
three were leaving Thunderbird Lanes Bowling Alley at 44th and Cache Road last
night around 11 when an argument started. Police believe McDaniel shot his
girlfriend and her brother before driving to his mother's home in the 400 block
of Northwest 68th where he shot himself in the head. He was pronounced dead at
a hospital in Oklahoma City
Monday afternoon.
Workers at the
bowling alley who didn't want to be identified said the group was asked to
leave after they were disruptive. A few minutes later they said a man who had
been shot came crawling back in asking for help.
What started as
a fun night of bowling ended in crime scene tape, flashing lights, and a team
of officers.
"It ended
up being two gunshot victims that were there, one female that was pronounced
dead," Captain Craig Akard said.
The scene was
chaotic as officers tried to juggle a growing crowd in a crime scene.
"It's a
difficult situation because you got all kind of people trying to walk up and
see what's going on cause they heard the commotion and see the lights."
Even worse,
moments after police arrived they got word of a second shooting that happened
in a nearby home's driveway.
"The
shooting suspect went to another location and took his own life."
While police
aren't sure why the shooting happened they say regardless of whose fault it
was, it's something no one will ever fully understand.
"You know
you're there to bowl and have fun why would you bring a gun?"
Even though
three people were shot, police said there was a fourth person who was with the
group when the shooting happened. Police say while nothing is nailed down at
this time they hope to get more information from that person and other
witnesses.
The surviving
victim, Shannon Taylor, is still in the hospital. Police say he's expected to
pull through.
