A somber note echoes through the streets of Oklahoma City as homicide detectives investigate the city's 22nd murder of the year, taking place on the 3100 block of N. Portland. According to a bulletin from the Oklahoma City Police Department, authorities responded to reports of a shooting late on Sunday, where they discovered the body of Thomas Wade III, whose life was prematurely ended due to gun violence.
Upon their arrival at approximately 11:25 PM, officers were confronted with the grim scene where Wade, a 24-year-old white male born on August 8, 2000, laid lifeless, detectives piecing together the narrative that two men had entered his apartment, ending his life with gunfire before fleeing into the shroud of the night; a community pierced again by the sharp sting of a bullet, the alleged perpetrators remain at large at this time.
The urgency to apprehend them hangs in the air, though no arrests have yet been made, the police urge anyone with information to step forward and contact the Homicide Tip-Line at 405/297-1200.
