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Two suspects arrested in Tulsa shootings
Police in Oklahoma have arrested two white men after three people, all black, were shot dead on Friday.
Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan said officers would do whatever it took to apprehend those responsible for what he described as "vicious and cowardly attacks"
Police have arrested two people suspected in recent shootings in the US state of Oklahoma that left three dead and two others critically wounded, all African Americans.
The suspects have been named by police as Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32.
The two men were arrested at a home just north of Tulsa on Sunday afternoon. They were expected to face three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill, Tulsa police spokesperson Jason Willingham said.
The Friday morning shootings had alarmed many in the predominantly black north Tulsa area, but police have declined to discuss speculation about issues of race.
Authorities had said they thought the shootings were linked.
Willingham said police acted on an anonymous tip and went to one location and followed the suspects after they had travelled about more than half a kilometre on foot to another place where they were apprehended. He declined to characterise that as a pursuit.
The men were arrested at a home in Tulsa at 01:47 local time on Sunday following an anonymous tip-off. They have been taken to a police station in the city for questioning.
A helicopter was used in the operation to detain the suspects.
None of the victims are thought to have known each other and all five of them were out walking when they were shot within a 4.8 km radius of one another early on Friday.
The north Tulsa area, where the shootings took place, is a predominantly black area, although police have yet to establish a motive.
Tulsa police spokesman Jason Willingham said: "We don't have a motive at this time.
"We are still asking questions and hopefully that will become clear in the coming days."
Willingham said he did not have any immediate details when asked if the men were armed when they were arrested. But he said authorities had begun honing in on the men on Saturday evening, adding, "this evolved pretty rapidly".
However, of the investigation into the killings, he said: "We are going to turn over every rock."
