OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Authorities say they’ve arrested one particular person in connection to a lethal stabbing in an Oklahoma Metropolis neighborhood.
Round 8:30 a.m. on July 21, officers had been referred to as to a reported stabbing on the Metropolis of Hope Mission, situated in at 3200 N.W. twenty eighth St.
When officers arrived on the half-way home, they discovered the director of the mission, 65-year-old Eric Rupe, affected by a stab wound.
Investigators realized that an altercation occurred between Rupe and a resident on the half-way home, 38-year-old Jaython Betterton.
In some unspecified time in the future through the altercation, officers say Betterton produced a knife and stabbed Rupe.
Sadly, Rupe died from his accidents.
Betterton was arrested on a grievance of first-degree homicide.
Close by neighbors informed KFOR they had been shocked by the violence and Rupe’s loss of life.
“This man’s a tremendous man. He’s helped lots of people,” mentioned Richard Rowley.
Rowley says the sufferer was nothing however type and dedicated to serving to the neighborhood, leaving him questioning why anybody would wish to damage him.
“He’s at all times bringing folks in that nobody else will usher in. He did all the things he can to attempt to assist folks,” he mentioned.
When you have any data on the crime, name the Murder Tip Line at (405) 297-1200.
