An unsettling moment of violence unfolded outside an Edmond plasma donation center when a man was reportedly shot by his wife's boyfriend. According to KOCO, police responded to the Biomat USA Plasma Center after a call came in around 2 p.m. describing a man covered in blood who had entered the building saying he'd been shot.
The investigation led to the arrest of 21-year-old Micah James Hill after he turned himself in and identified himself as the shooter to police at the scene, the ensuing chaos thrusting the plasma center's routine into disarray. Hill's alleged involvement in the shooting quickly came to light, following accounts by the victim's wife who had been waiting inside the center, according to a probable cause affidavit she saw her current boyfriend enter the clinic, shortly after hearing her husband announce he'd been shot; stating that the victim had "come at him," as she recounted to officers, as mentioned on KOCO.
Hill is currently being held at the Edmond Police Department, with plans to transfer him to the Oklahoma County Detention Center, as detailed by KFOR. The victim, whose name has yet to be released, was found in the lobby with multiple gunshot wounds and has been hospitalized at OU Medical, remaining in critical but stable condition.
OKC FOX reports that although the investigation is still in its early stages, preliminary findings suggest that the incident may have occurred in the parking lot of the plasma donation center, the center which stands there amidst the everyday normalcy of N Bryant Avenue near E Campbell Street has now become the backdrop for an investigation that reminds us that the veneer of tranquility in our communities can be disrupted without warning.
