Tulsa police arrested a man following an assault in Sequoyah Park that left a man with severe head injuries.
Attack in the Park
On Sept. 11, 2025, around 11 p.m., officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon near Pine and Harvard. The victim told police he was walking home and decided to cut through the park. He said he passed a man and a woman sitting on a bench when the man struck him multiple times in the head with a hatchet.
The victim managed to escape and ran to a neighbor’s home for help. He was taken to a hospital with severe head injuries.
Suspect Apprehended
A Tulsa police helicopter located a man later identified as 39-year-old Michael Jacobs holding a hatchet near a creek in the park. Officers on the ground arrived shortly after and took Jacobs into custody…