Three black Tulsans were killed and two others wounded on April 6, 2012, when Jake England and Alvin Watts went on a shooting spree in north Tulsa. Local authorities promised a quick resolution to the crimes and delivered with the arrest of England and Watts a few days later. Both men are now servin
Date: Sep 24, 2016
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One year ago: Five black people were shot, three fatally, in Tulsa, Okla.; two suspects, Jake England and Alvin Watts, are accused of targeting the victims on the basis of race. A Navy F18 Hornet jet whose pilots were forced to eject crashed in a spectacular fireball into a big apartment complex in
2012: Five black people were shot, three fatally, in Tulsa, Okla.; two suspects, Jake England and Alvin Watts, are accused of targeting the victims on the basis of race. A Navy F18 Hornet jet whose pilots were forced to eject crashed in a spectacular fireball into a big apartment complex in Virginia
Date: Apr 05, 2013
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Some Tulsa blacks doubt rampage will prompt change
After a tense two-day search, police arrested 19-year-old Jake England and 33-year-old Alvin Watts early Easter Sunday. Watts is white; England's attorney has said England is Cherokee Indian. They face charges of first-degree murder, shooting with intent to kill and malicious harassment.
Alexander's son, Jake England, and his friend, Alvin Watts, are accused of first-degree murder and other charges in the April 6 shooting spree, which came a day after he posted a message lamenting his father's death two years earlier "at the hands of a f--king n----r."
A judge entered not guilty pleas Monday for England and Alvin Watts, who appeared in Tulsa County District Court via closed-circuit television from jail, where they have been held since their arrests Easter Sunday. They face murder and hate crimes charges for allegedly killing three people and wound
Date: Apr 16, 2012
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Tulsa man charged with hate crime says he's not racist
Tulsa prosecutors on Friday charged England and roommate Alvin Watts, 33, with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shootings. The pair also face two counts of shooting with intent to kill on allegations of wounding two others, both African Americans, according to a statement f
Date: Apr 15, 2012
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Tulsa Shooting Spree Suspect Says Killings Weren't About Race
England and Alvin Watts, 32, have reportedly confessed to carrying out the rampage on April 6 that left three people dead and two others seriously wounded. According to The Associated Press, England confessed to shooting three people and Watts confessed to shooting two.