An altercation in northwest Oklahoma City escalated into a fatal shooting early Wednesday, leaving one man dead and another facing criminal charges. Authorities received a distress call just before 2:30 a.m. and responded to an apartment complex on Northwest Expressway near May Avenue. On arrival at the scene, Oklahoma City Police Department officers discovered 47-year-old Jeffrey Gill with multiple gunshot wounds, as reported by News 9. He was promptly transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries before 3:40 a.m.
Police have since apprehended 24-year-old Darius Williams on a complaint of second-degree murder, now held without bond at the Oklahoma County Detention Center. According to an OKC Fox News report, Williams allegedly shot Gill following what began as an argument while Gill was walking in the roadway.
Darius Williams returned to the scene of the incident to speak with the police, which resulted in his arrest. The specifics leading up to Gill’s death remain part of an active investigation as authorities piece together the sequence of events that unfolded that morning. Gill’s death marks yet another instance of gun violence tearing through the fabric of community safety in American cities…