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Update: Name of officer involved in fatal armed robbery released

Update 2: Tulsa Police have released the name of the officer involved in Saturday morning's deadly armed robbery near 21st and Garnett.

Cpl. Daniel Miller, an 18-year TPD veteran, was one of the officers to fire shots at the suspects' vehicle. The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office also tells KRMG Sgt. Rick Treadwell was the deputy involved.

Police identified Karina Sandoval-Jimenez as the female who was shot and killed inside the vehicle. The other suspect in the car has been identified as Brian Ayub. He was taken to the hospital and was released. After his release, he was arrested for robbery with a firearm.

Update 1: Tulsa police say Adrian Ayub has been taken into custody.

A female accomplice was shot and killed and a second male suspect was also injured.  Their names haven't been released.

The suspects are accused of driving at a deputy and officer, who were forced to defend themselves.

Original:  An armed robbery turned deadly early Saturday morning in east Tulsa when officers opened fire on suspects they say were trying to run them down in the parking lot.

We've learned one female suspect was shot and killed in the back seat of the getaway vehicle.

A male suspect was shot and taken to the hospital.

Tulsa police say this all happened during an armed robbery at El 7 Marez, near 21st and Garnett.

Sources at the scene tell KRMG a second male suspect was shot with a bean bag round and taken into custody without serious injury.

They also told KRMG the suspects were all Hispanic, and believed to be in their late teens or early 20s.

Two male suspects robbed the restaurant at gunpoint around 1:08 a.m. after approaching employees who were taking out the trash.

They forced them back inside the restaurant, and one employee was pistol-whipped during the robbery.

A sheriff's deputy and a police officer arrived on the scene roughly one minute later, and saw the two men wearing hoodies exiting the restaurant.

The men ignored commands to surrender and jumped into a vehicle.

At that point, they drove toward the deputy and the officer, who both opened fire.

The female who was killed was in the back seat of the vehicle.

Multiple weapons were recovered by police.

It's believed at least one of the male suspects was involved in an earlier armed robbery.

Two Dollar General employees were ambushed as they left their store at closing Friday night.

Tulsa police say the incident happened just after 11 p.m., near 41st and Garnett.

The suspect forced the employees back into the store at gunpoint.

Police say he then waited till the time safe could be opened, so he could take the cash.

Before exiting, the suspect made the employees go to the back of the store.

Police say he then fled the scene, grabbing cigarettes and snacks on the way out.

Evidence from the Dollar General robbery was found at the shooting scene.

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