Last Updated on March 1, 2023, 11:07 PM | Published: March 1, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Police Department has booked a suspect for stabbing and critically injuring two people early Saturday morning at the Pink Parrot bar in Bricktown.
Police booked Brandon Johnson, 18, into the Oklahoma County Jail around 7:30 p.m. Monday on complaints of
- Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon – one count
- Assault and battery with a Dangerous Weapon, one count.
Bond was set at $500,000.
In all, eight people were injured in the melee that started around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning when the Pink Parrot was just about to start closing.
Two have been in critical condition from stab wounds but MSgt. Gary Knight said that they are expected to live.
Underage
Accounts from that night say that the bar was packed and with a number of people who were obviously younger than the allowable age of 21.
Under Oklahoma law, no one under 21 is allowed to enter a bar or club that “sells alchohol as its main purpose or business.”
“They [Pink Parrot] were allowing people in that should not have been in there and they were allowing them to bring in things in there that should not be allowed in,” MSgt. Knight told the media.
Original suspect cleared
The original suspect in the stabbing was arrested and questioned at OKCPD Headquarters most of Saturday evening.
Eventually, police were able to check his alibis and security footage to determine that Derick Walker was no longer a suspect.
Walker was released and not booked.
City Council passes new curfew time
Just Tuesday, the City Council for Oklahoma City adopted a new curfew time for unaccompanied minors in the Bricktown district for seven days per week.
The ordinance is not city-wide but specific to Bricktown and applied only to those 18 and under who are not accompanied by an adult.
Concern has been growing about rising crime incidents in Bricktown where large numbers of people gather many nights and especially on the weekends.
Note: As of publication, the information provided by the OKCPD has not yet been tested in court. Under the law, all persons are considered innocent until proven guilty before a jury of their peers or a plea of guilt.
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