OKLAHOMA CITY — Police arrested a 52-year-old man in connection with the city’s first homicide of 2026 after a fatal shooting at a home in southeast Oklahoma City.
Patrol officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department responded shortly after 9 a.m. Jan. 2 to southside residence in a mobile home park in the 500 block of Helm Parkway.
Once there, they found Willie Cook, 51, dead inside the residence.
Detectives believe Cook had been shot to death during a confrontation with Ryan Paul McIntosh, who fled the scene before being located later that day.
McIntosh was booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center on a complaint of first-degree murder, along with two additional complaints: use of a firearm while committing a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to the Oklahoma County jail booking records, McIntosh was arrested Jan. 2 and booked into custody at 9:40 p.m. that evening. His bond was set at $10 million.
The motive for the killing remains unclear, said MSgt Gary Knight with OCPD.
Cook, a Black man born Aug. 17, 1974, was identified by police at the scene.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Homicide Tip-Line at (405) 297-1200.
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