Unruly Crowd Gathers At Standoff
Jeff Billington, Tulsa World, April 15, 2007
Police surrounded a north Tulsa apartment Saturday night attempting to take a murder suspect into custody.
Units from across the city were called in to help disperse a large crowd that had gathered, with some in the crowd reportedly throwing rocks and firing a weapon toward police and others near where the suspect had holed up.
The suspect, Rico Starks, 18, barricaded himself inside an apartment at the Morning Star Apartments, 2201 N. Hartford Ave., at about 7 p.m., refusing to comply with police demands that he surrender.
Officer Scott Walton couldn’t confirm reports about rocks being thrown and shots being fired from the crowd, but KOTV, channel 6, cameraman Dominic Armstrong, who was in the middle of the melee when it began, said he was standing next to a vehicle that was hit by shots fired from the crowd. He also said several people in the crowd grabbed a reporter from another television station by her hair and threw her to the ground.
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Starks was charged in early February with second-degree murder in the slaying of Mark Jordan, 18.
In January, a charge of shooting with intent to kill was filed against Starks.
Subject | Number | Percent |
---|---|---|
WHITE |
||
Total population (all races) |
1,173 |
100.0 |
White alone or in combination1 |
29 |
2.5 |
White alone |
17 |
1.4 |
White in combination1 |
12 |
1.0 |
Not White alone or in combination1 |
1,144 |
97.5 |
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN |
||
Total population (all races) |
1,173 |
100.0 |
Black or African American alone or in combination1 |
1,128 |
96.2 |
Black or African American alone |
1,106 |
94.3 |
Black or African American in combination1 |
22 |
1.9 |
Not Black or African American alone or in combination1 |
45 |
3.8 |
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE |
||
Total population (all races) |
1,173 |
100.0 |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination1 |
32 |
2.7 |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone |
15 |
1.3 |
American Indian and Alaska Native in combination1 |
17 |
1.4 |
Not American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination1 |
1,141 |
97.3 |
ASIAN |
||
Total population (all races) |
1,173 |
100.0 |
Asian alone or in combination1 |
3 |
0.3 |
Asian alone |
2 |
0.2 |
Asian in combination1 |
1 |
0.1 |
Not Asian alone or in combination1 |
1,170 |
99.7 |
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER |
||
Total population (all races) |
1,173 |
100.0 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination1 |
0 |
0.0 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone |
0 |
0.0 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander in combination1 |
0 |
0.0 |
Not Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination1 |
1,173 |
100.0 |
SOME OTHER RACE |
||
Total population (all races) |
1,173 |
100.0 |
Some other race alone or in combination1 |
9 |
0.8 |
Some other race alone |
8 |
0.7 |
Some other race in combination1 |
1 |
0.1 |
Not Some other race alone or in combination1 |
1,164 |
99.2 |
(X) Not applicable.
1 In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers for race “alone or in combination” may add to more than the total population and the six percentages for race “alone or in combination” may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1, Matrices P7 and P9. |