Man arrested after returning to OKC gas station where police say he ran over employee, sparked tanker fire

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Police arrested a 21-year-old man after they stated he returned to the scene of the crime the place he allegedly drove over a fuel station worker earlier than crashing right into a tanker, inflicting an enormous hearth in northwest Oklahoma Metropolis.The aftermath of the tanker hearth at an OnCue close to Northwest 164th Avenue and Portland Avenue remains to be seen. A part of the pavement within the parking zone remains to be charred.”A person for unknown causes ran over a retailer clerk within the parking zone of that OnCue, and the clerk received up and tried to flee,” stated Grasp Sgt. Gary Knight, with the Oklahoma Metropolis Police Division. “The person tried to run him over once more however as an alternative crashed right into a tanker truck.”The tanker driver and the OnCue worker suffered minor accidents.The suspect ran off. However in a shock twist, police stated the suspect returned to the identical retailer hours later.”Merely walked into the OnCue station, the exact same OnCue station the place this occurred, and was strolling round inside the shop,” Knight stated.Fuel station staff then referred to as police.”When the police arrived, they discovered the person there. He was nonetheless sporting the identical garments as he was when the assault occurred,” Knight stated. “He nonetheless smelled of gas, which had gotten on him on the time, and he additionally had some burns on him.” The suspect, whom KOCO 5 shouldn’t be naming till he is formally charged, was taken to a hospital to be handled.”We do not sometimes see somebody simply randomly run somebody over, goal them for no purpose, after which drive right into a tanker truck, igniting a hearth, after which present up the following day sporting the identical garments,” Knight stated.The suspect shall be taken to the Oklahoma County Jail on counts of assault with a lethal weapon.

Police arrested a 21-year-old man after they stated he returned to the scene of the crime the place he allegedly drove over a fuel station worker earlier than crashing right into a tanker, inflicting an enormous hearth in northwest Oklahoma Metropolis.

The aftermath of the tanker hearth at an OnCue close to Northwest 164th Avenue and Portland Avenue remains to be seen. A part of the pavement within the parking zone remains to be charred.

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“A person for unknown causes ran over a retailer clerk within the parking zone of that OnCue, and the clerk received up and tried to flee,” stated Grasp Sgt. Gary Knight, with the Oklahoma Metropolis Police Division. “The person tried to run him over once more however as an alternative crashed right into a tanker truck.”

The tanker driver and the OnCue worker suffered minor accidents.

The suspect ran off. However in a shock twist, police stated the suspect returned to the identical retailer hours later.

“Merely walked into the OnCue station, the exact same OnCue station the place this occurred, and was strolling round inside the shop,” Knight stated.

Fuel station staff then referred to as police.

“When the police arrived, they discovered the person there. He was nonetheless sporting the identical garments as he was when the assault occurred,” Knight stated. “He nonetheless smelled of gas, which had gotten on him on the time, and he additionally had some burns on him.”

The suspect, whom KOCO 5 shouldn’t be naming till he is formally charged, was taken to a hospital to be handled.

“We do not sometimes see somebody simply randomly run somebody over, goal them for no purpose, after which drive right into a tanker truck, igniting a hearth, after which present up the following day sporting the identical garments,” Knight stated.

The suspect shall be taken to the Oklahoma County Jail on counts of assault with a lethal weapon.

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