TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa prosecutors say they'll
seek the death penalty against two men charged in an April 2012 shooting
rampage that killed three black people and left two more wounded.
Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris made the
announcement Friday in the case against Jake England and Alvin Watts.
The two also face hate crimes charges stemming from the shootings of
William Allen, Bobby Clark and Dannaer Fields.
Two others who were shot survived. The shootings
happened in a predominantly black section of Tulsa, and all five victims
were black.
Authorities have said England may have targeted
black people because he wanted to avenge his father's shooting death by a
black man two years ago.
However, England, who describes himself as Cherokee Indian, has said he has no ill-will toward black people.
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