UPDATE FOR YOU JUST IN AT NINE NEW DETAILS ABOUT THAT MACHETE ATTACK AT A METRO MOTEL. THE SUSPECT STILL ON THE RUN. KOCO AUDREY GOODSON JOINS US WITH WHAT OFFICERS HAVE TOLD US SO FAR. POLICE TELL US THIS MACHETE ATTACK WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT THAT’S HAPPENED AT THE PLAZA AND SINCE LAST NIGHT. THE FIRST WAS A POSSIBLE FIGHT WITH SHOTS FIRED AND THE SECOND, A MACHETE ATTACK. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WHEN POLICE GOT A CALL THAT A FIGHT HAD BROKEN OUT AT THE MOTEL AND SHOTS WERE FIRED. WHEN OFFICERS GOT THERE, THEY COULDN’T FIND ANY SUSPECTS OR VICTIMS, BUT THEY DID FIND BLOOD AT THE SCENE. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 2:00 THIS MORNING WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY FOUND ONE MAN WHO HAD BEEN ATTACKED WITH THAT MACHETE. THE VICTIM TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. POLICE DO SAY THE SUSPECT IN THIS IS STILL ON THE RUN. OFFICERS WENT TO A ROOM IN THAT MOTEL LOOKING FOR THE MACHETE. THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN ARMED WITH A GUN. BUT THEY SAY HE WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE MACHETE ATTACK OR THE SHOTS FIRED CALL. INSTEAD, HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON UNRELATED WARRANTS. THAT SCENE IS CLEAR NOW. OFFICERS SAY THEY DON’T BELIEVE THAT THESE TWO INCIDENTS ARE RELATED.
Victim taken to hospital after machete attack at Plaza Inn in Oklahoma City, police say
Police said the suspect is still on the run
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Updated: 9:14 AM CDT Apr 11, 2023
A person was taken to a hospital after a machete attack early Tuesday morning at the Plaza Inn in southeast Oklahoma City.Click here for the top headlines KOCO 5 is following.Shortly before 2 a.m., police responded to a report that someone attacked a victim with a machete at the motel near Southeast 29th Street and Interstate 35. When officers arrived, they found a man who had been attacked or stabbed in the arm with a machete.The victim was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. Police said the suspect is still on the run. >> Download the KOCO 5 AppDuring the search for the suspect at the motel, police found another man armed with a gun. Although he was not involved in the machete attack, police said he was taken into custody on unrelated warrants.Police also investigated another incident around 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Plaza Inn, saying shots were fired when a fight broke out. Officers didn't find any suspects or a victim, but they found blood.Top Headlines Man dies after trench collapses on him in Holdenville, police say Years-long federal investigation leads to black market marijuana bust in Oklahoma City Congestion, delays expected on I-40 as long-awaited project begins in Oklahoma City Shocking videos of Deer Creek students beating dogs catches attention, concern from PETA Student brought in for questioning after possible threat against Yukon Public Schools
OKLAHOMA CITY — A person was taken to a hospital after a machete attack early Tuesday morning at the Plaza Inn in southeast Oklahoma City.
Click here for the top headlines KOCO 5 is following.
Shortly before 2 a.m., police responded to a report that someone attacked a victim with a machete at the motel near Southeast 29th Street and Interstate 35. When officers arrived, they found a man who had been attacked or stabbed in the arm with a machete.
The victim was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. Police said the suspect is still on the run.
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During the search for the suspect at the motel, police found another man armed with a gun. Although he was not involved in the machete attack, police said he was taken into custody on unrelated warrants.
Police also investigated another incident around 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Plaza Inn, saying shots were fired when a fight broke out. Officers didn't find any suspects or a victim, but they found blood.
