Fireworks stand robbery turns deadly in west Tulsa County

TULSA — Gunfire erupted at a fireworks stand late Tuesday morning when two men attempted an armed robbery, but it was one of the suspects who ended up dead.

TCSO spokeswoman Casey Roebuck tells KRMG the incident began about 11:20 a.m. at the stand near 65th West Avenue and Charles Page.

The two suspects were in a green pickup; they pulled, in then pulled weapons.

But someone inside the fireworks stand was also armed, and opened fire, hitting one of the men.

They made it to the truck and drove off with some of the stolen fireworks, but didn’t go far.

“A short time later, we received more 911 calls at 6500 West Edison saying that there was a young, white man down in a vehicle,” Roebuck told KRMG. “We arrived on the scene, we determined that the young man that was dead in the vehicle is one of the suspects in this robbery.”

She said a neighbor took photographs of a second vehicle, a red car, pulling up next to the truck (see attached photo).

The witness says the surviving robber and whoever was in that red car loaded the stolen fireworks into the car and took off, leaving their accomplice dead in the truck.

The description of the suspect who got away and the vehicle he was in is vague; he’s apparently a white male in his 20s, and the vehicle was believed to be a Dodge.

There’s been no description released of the other person or people who were in the red car.

Investigators have released the photo taken by the neighbor in the hope it will help them track down the suspects.

Anyone recognizing either of the suspects, or who can help investigators, is urged to call the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office at 918-596-5601.