TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two men are in custody and facing multiple charges in the shooting of five people at a Hmong New Year's festival in Tulsa, authorities said Sunday.
Authorities were holding 21-year-old Boonmlee Lee and 19-year-old Meng Lee, both of Tulsa. Each faces five counts of shooting with intent to kill plus firearms charges. It was not clear from jail records whether each had an attorney.
Tulsa police spokesman Capt. Steve Odom said a gun was recovered but that it will have to be tested to see if it is linked to the Saturday night shooting. Odom said the alleged shooters and the victims were all Hmong and that there was "probably a relationship" between the men charged and the victims.
The suspects were arrested shortly after the attack, which happened about 8 p.m. An arraignment is pending.
A police helicopter that was in the area spotted a car driving away from the scene with its headlights off and notified officers on the ground, who pulled it over.
The suspects had thrown clothes and a semi-automatic handgun believed to have been used in the attack out of the vehicle, Williams said.
A witness at the party described the chaotic scene, as people lined up to get dinner were sent running and ducking for cover when the shots rang out. There were at least 200 people at the celebration, which festival-goers likened to a Thanksgiving celebration in America.
The Hmong are an Asian ethnic group mainly from Laos and number between 3,000 and 4,000 in Tulsa.
Names of the victims, who police say are all hospitalized, weren't released.
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