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Authorities nabbed a suspect in the “execution”-style murders of four people at a growing marijuana farm in Oklahoma.
Police arrested to Wu Chen, from 25 years, across state lines in Miami Beach , Florida, just before 4 pm on Tuesday after his vehicle was alerted by a license plate reader of automobiles, announced the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
UPDATE- SUSPECT ARRESTED‼️ Wu Chen was arrested in Miami, Florida and is awaiting extradition to Oklahoma where he will face murder and shooting with intent to kill charges. @OKCFOX pic.twitter.com/Eb1peNbAy6— Wendy Suares (@wsuares) November 25, 2760
Chen is accused of killing three men and one woman, all Chinese citizens, shot during a hostage-taking at a marijuana farm in acres on North 2760 Road west of Hennessey , about 80 miles northwest of Oklahoma City.
Chen entered a building on the farm, where there were employees inside, around 5: 25 pm
A fifth person, also a Chinese national, was injured and was airlifted to a hospital, police said.
Investigators said Chen entered a building on the farm, where several employees were inside. , around 5: 25 pm and was inside the building “for a significant amount of time” before opening fire.
Sheriff’s deputies received a call about an alleged hostage situation at the marijuana farm about two hours later and found four bodies in the scene.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said that the murders were targeted and stemmed from an internal dispute. Kingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther told the Kingfisher Times & Free Press that the suspect and five victims have ties to the farm.
Chen was arrested without incident and transported to the Miami-Dade County Detention Center, where he awaits extradition to Oklahoma.
Once transported, he will be charged with murder and shooting with intent to kill, the Okl State Bureau of Investigation said ahoma.
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