Last Updated on January 21, 2023, 11:47 AM | Published: January 21, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — A shooting in Midtown just after midnight into the new year left one dead and four others wounded. The death is now being counted as the first homicide of 2023.
Those who were victims of the shooting have been identified. They are:
- Victim (Deceased): Daniel Howard (22)
- Victim: Anthony Thomas (23)
- Victim: Lamar Johnson (25)
- Victim: Jason Caruthers (26)
- Victim: Evan Richmond (20)
Howard was a standout football player for Millwood High School in northeast Oklahoma City, then went on to play for Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. From there, he was a defensive back for Fort Hays State in Kansas.
Arrests
Booked into the Oklahoma County Jail in the death of Daniel Howard are:
- J’Coal Glover, 30, First-Degree Murder
- Destiny Adams, 21, Accessory After the Fact
Bar fight
On New Year’s Day, police said that a fight broke out in the Sunset Patio Bar on the corner of N.W. 10th and Hudson Ave. The parties to the fight were thrown out of the bar.
The conflict continued on into the parking lot just to the west behind the bar and on the north side of Fassler Hall.
Shooting
Arrest documents contend that Glover was the one who shot into a crowd of people in the parking lot, citing security video of the incident as a part of their reason to suspect Glover.
Glover was booked January 7 on a complaint of First-degree murder and is being held without bond.
Getaway
Adams was arrested and booked January 17 on a complaint of accessory after the fact for driving the getaway car for Glover and washing his clothes that he had been wearing during the shooting.
Bail was set for Adams at $1 million.
In the arrest documents for Adams, police referred to security video of the shooting in the parking lot and then traffic cameras that showed Adams driving Glover away from the scene of the shooting.
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