Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a 14-year-old boy led them on a 15-minute chase on Thursday afternoon, then sank near 21st with Garnett.
Police said the SUV the teenager is suspected of hitting had three people in it: Lanise Dade, from Tulsa, 31, along with a boy and a girl. Dade and the girl died and the boy was injured.
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Police officers reported that the crime spree began 15 miles away at the Fast Wash car wash in Coweta, where the surveillance video showed at least four people stopping beside a truck while a man was vacuuming.
The video showed that when the man left the truck running, one of the guys jumped up and left. The witness’s video also showed the pickup going through a red light with the police chasing him.
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Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler told News On 6 because the chase ended in a deadly accident, the teenager could be charged with several crimes.
“If you are between 13 and 17 years old and are committing murder in the first degree. In this case, the claim, as I understand it, would be to deceive an officer,” said Kunzweiler.
Kunzweiler said that no charges have been filed and that the US prosecutor’s office can deal with the case if the suspect or the victims are members of tribes, which is under investigation.
He also explained that defendants aged 13 or 14 have the option of asking the court not to be tried as adults.
“It would be up to the judge to decide whether you will be treated as a juvenile or juvenile offender or whether you will remain an adult,” said Kunzweiler.
News On 6 contacted the United States Public Prosecutor’s Office, and a spokesman declined to comment on how federal prosecutors would deal with a juvenile defendant.
The officers did not release the young suspect’s name and said he was in Tulsa County Jail.