OKLAHOMA CITY — A 51-year-old man was arrested Friday after police believe he fatally shot another man during an argument on the city’s south side.
Police were dispatched around 4:55 p.m. Dec. 12 to a shooting call at 2415 S. Agnew Ave., where they found Deshawn Crawford, 52, dead at the scene, according to Oklahoma City Police Department spokesperson MSgt. Gary Knight.
Detectives believe Crawford and Mandell Colbert, 51, had been arguing when Colbert shot and killed him.
Colbert was taken into custody at the scene and later booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center on complaints of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm after former conviction of a felony . He was booked shortly after midnight Dec. 13, and remained in custody Monday on a $10 million bond.
The killing marks the 73rd homicide of the year in Oklahoma City.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Homicide Tip-Line at (405) 297-1200.
Note: At the time of publication, the details released by the police have not been tested in court. By law, individuals are presumed innocent until found guilty by a jury of their peers or through a guilty plea.
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