Eight Shot in Oklahoma City After Thunder Win NBA Playoff Game



Eight people were shot last night in Oklahoma City about 10 minutes after the Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers at Chesapeake Energy Arena to advance in the National Basketball Association playoffs.
All the victims were hospitalized and one remains in critical condition, Oklahoma City Police Department Captain Dexter Nelson said in a telephone interview. A pregnant woman was also treated for blunt trauma after the incident, which occurred in the Bricktown district of Oklahoma City, a club and restaurant area located a few blocks east of the arena, he said.
“Shortly after the Thunder-Lakers game a large crowd of people were moving toward parking lots and the Bricktown area, and there was some type of an altercation or scuffle between some people in the crowd,” Nelson said. “At least one subject pulled out a weapon and fired into the crowd.”
The Thunder beat the Lakers 106-90 to close the best-of-seven second-round NBA postseason series in five games. Nelson said police were unsure if the people involved in the incident had attended the game or if the altercation was basketball related.
The shooting occurred around 11:35 p.m. central time, Nelson said. The game ended around 11:22 p.m.
Police don’t have a suspect in custody as of this morning, Nelson said.
Information regarding the ages and genders of the victims haven’t been disclosed, Nelson said. Aside from the one victim in critical condition, all others were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. *********  while I'm enjoying my time up here in Alaska, this is what is going on back in my home town...it happened  on the 22nd and we have been all over the internet...this is at our hugeee arena in our downtown area, and this was some basketball game and it was over 5,000 people...that was in another article, and I couldn't believe that many would go to a basketball game...that's why I stay totally away from large crowds...people always end up getting mad over something, and just start shooting...this really makes me sick that people have lowered themselves to this...we have an impressive downtown but the people who go there are just plain jerks...another reason why I don't care for basketball..I would never go around a crowd of over 5,000 people anyways...*****