SUSPECT: Tulsa County Jail mugshot of Alvin Watts, suspect in random shootings.

  • SUSPECT: Tulsa County Jail mugshot of Alvin Watts, suspect in random shootings.

Two men have been arrested in the random drive-by shootings of five black people in Tulsa, three of whom died.

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The suspects are white, including the 32-year-old man shown here.

Perhaps they will argue that they felt threatened and were compelled to fire. Oklahoma has a “stand your ground” law. Benefit of the doubt goes to shooter, right?

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