A man and a woman were injured Monday morning in a shooting near Northwest 115th Street and Western Avenue in northwest Oklahoma City. Police later said the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute, not an accident as first described. The woman was listed in stable condition; the man’s condition was unknown.
Police initially told KOCO the shooting appeared accidental. After further investigation, officers determined it was domestic-related. Police did not say what led to the dispute, the station reported.
Burglary Arrest Planned After Hospital Discharge
Police told the station the man is expected to be arrested for burglary after he is released from the hospital.
Authorities have not released further details about the shooting or the relationship between the two people.
Statewide context and support
For statewide context, the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General said the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board reported 122 domestic-homicide victims in 2023, a 16 percent increase from the previous year. The announcement’s figures do not specify firearm involvement; they concern homicides and do not describe this nonfatal shooting. For readers seeking help, YWCA Oklahoma City lists the statewide domestic violence hotline at 1-800-522-7233.
Echoes of a Separate Northwest OKC Shooting
The Monday shooting happened in the same general part of northwest Oklahoma City where another shooting was reported in a separate, unrelated incident. In that case, one teenager accidentally shot another near Rockwell Avenue and 115th Street around 5:45 p.m. on a Saturday, per a different KOCO report. That teenager's injuries were non-life-threatening, and no arrests were made in that case.
The two incidents are not connected, and the earlier case involved teenagers rather than the adults described in Monday's shooting. Police have not indicated any link between the locations beyond their shared proximity along 115th Street.
