A gathering in a small apartment occupied by students of a well-known technical college in Tulsa turned deadly Thursday night, and while we know much more about what happened, the question of motive remains unanswered.
Police say Mark Hopkins, 41, a resident of the Spartan Landing apartment complex near E. Pine St. and S. Mingo Ave. opened fire about 9:00 p.m., shooting and killing Chaz Fain, 18.
Three other men in the apartment, two eighteen years old, one nineteen, were also shot but survived.
According to an arrest and booking report obtained by KRMG, he confessed to the shooting after police read him his rights.
Hopkins then fled into the cold night, without even a jacket, and was arrested less than 90 minutes later in a nearby parking lot.
However, in a statement to KRMG, Det. Sgt. Dave Walker of TPD says they don't know Hopkins' motive for the shootings.
All five men knew one another from attending classes at the Spartan School of Aeronautics, located just north of the apartment complex.
Residents there tell KRMG only students of the school live at Spartan Landing.
Hopkins and two of the surviving victims lived in the apartment where the shootings occurred.
Fain and the other surviving victim also lived in the complex, but not in that apartment, Walker tells KRMG.
Police say Hopkins came to Tulsa from Alabama, Fain from Florida.
The Spartan School attracts students from around the world.