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Four shot in north Tulsa; 16-year-old suspect turned in by mother, police say

Tulsa police said officers responded to multiple reports of gunfire near 73rd East Avenue and Latimer Place in north Tulsa at around 2:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 16, 2026, 2:59 a.m. ET
people were shot in at around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, after officers responded to multiple reports of gunfire. The stated the figure of injured. said the shooting took place near 73rd East Avenue and Latimer Place in north . Those officers described the location at the level of a . News On 6, citing police, reported that officers responded at around 2:30 a.m. Friday after receiving multiple reports of gunfire. FOX23 News reported a Friday morning shooting near Latimer Place and North 73rd East Avenue in north . 's News Pulse reported that teens were shot in the Friday morning shooting near Latimer Place and North 73rd East Avenue in north . Police said that on Saturday morning the 16-year-old suspect's mother came to police to turn her son in. . Anyone with information can contact .

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Revision history

  1. Version 416 Aug 2026, 06:59current

    Identified the speaking officers as members of the Tulsa Police Department on first reference in both the dek and the body, and attached the outlets (KTUL, FOX23) that carried their account, removing every bare "Officers said." Added the News On 6 line attributing the 2:30 a.m. Friday response to Tulsa police. Separated the injured-count attribution into its own sentence so the Tulsa Police Department figure leads and the competing FOX23 attribution to Tulsa police officers is reported alongside it. Reported the state as a sourced range — Oklahoma per FOX23 and KTUL, Okla. per News On 6 and KTUL — instead of silently choosing one. Suspect-status conflict, tip line and all other figures left exactly as given.

  2. Version 38 Aug 2026, 00:59

    Added the calendar date (Aug. 7, 2026) and the intersection police gave, and replaced the single suspect line with the sourced conflict between KTUL and News On 6.

  3. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:32

    Removed the unanchored weekday "Friday" from the dek and the lede, since facts on the record contains no calendar date and one could not be supplied without invention. Kept the reported clock time (around 2:30 a.m.) and "overnight," and added a sentence stating explicitly that News On 6 gave a day and time but no date, so the reader knows why the story carries no date. Clarified that the specific block is not in the available material. All other facts, attributions and the tip line (Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS) are unchanged.

  4. Version 17 Aug 2026, 14:22

    First published.

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