Police seek identity of woman found dead in Southside OKC

-- Homicide #48 for the City of Oklahoma City in 2024

OKLAHOMA CITY — A woman was discovered dead from apparent gunshot wounds near the drive-through of a Southside pharmacy Thursday.

Authorities do not know the woman’s identity or the circumstances of her apparent violent death.

It is being counted as homicide #48 for the City of Oklahoma City in 2024.

Patrol officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department were dispatched to a pharmacy at SE 44th and Shields Blvd on the near South Side of OKC Thursday at 3:18 PM in response to reports of a female body on the grounds near the drive-through.

When they arrived they found the body of a female “who appeared to have been shot to death,” according to MSgt. Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department in a press release.

Detectives are trying to learn the woman’s identity and develop leads on possible suspects.

No arrests have been reported so far.

Police urge anyone who may have been driving by that intersection in the middle of the afternoon Thursday who might have seen the woman or who has any information to call the Homicide Tip-Line at 405/297-1200.


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