Suspect booked for murder in Southside housing complex

-- Unusual match of homicide locations in latest string cited by OKCPD

OKLAHOMA CITY — A suspect in one of three homicides on May 20 and 21 has been booked for Murder in the First Degree.

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Doneto Patrick, 18. (booking photo provided by the Okla County Detention Center)

Doneto Patrick, 18, was booked for the murder of Anthony Hines, 38, who was found dead on his porch at 1450 Westwood Boulevard in the Will Rogers Courts appearing to have died from gunshot wounds. Hines’s death was homicide #32 for the City of Oklahoma City.

The public housing complex, owned and operated by the Oklahoma City Housing Authority, is on the near south side of OKC between the Wheeler District and Stockyards City.

Rash of homicides

The area has seen two clusters of homicides within a matter of weeks. The homicide for which Patrick has been booked was in the first.

Last weekend, on Sunday, two more homicides occurred at the same complex and were part of a cluster of three homicides in 24 hours.

Unusual match of murder locations

There is a highly unusual matching of locations for two of the homicides.

The same porch and apartment in Will Rogers Courts where one victim was found dead from gunshot wounds was where just a week later another victim was found dead from gunshot wounds.

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A portion of the Will Rogers Courts, a large public housing project, and the oldest in OKC owned by the Oklahoma City Housing Authority. (B.DICKERSON/Okla City Free Press)

“It’s the exact same address and exact same porch” where the other victim died, MSgt Gary Knight with OKCPD told Free Press in a phone call. “In all my years of police work, I’ve never heard of that happening.”

Knight said they continue to investigate the clusters of homicides.

“Three homicides within a block of each other in six days — that makes you look at what other things this person’s involved in,” said Knight. “Clearly, with all this going on, we look at him to see if he’s connected in any way to the others because they’re so of close in time and proximity.”

OKCPD is asking anyone with any information to contact the Homicide Tip Line at 405/297-1200.

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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