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'Everybody loved them': Neighbors describe residents of Yukon home where 5 found dead

An ongoing homicide investigation is underway in Yukon after five people, including two children, were found dead in a subdivision.

'Everybody loved them': Neighbors describe residents of Yukon home where 5 found dead

An ongoing homicide investigation is underway in Yukon after five people, including two children, were found dead in a subdivision.

YEAH, GUYS. THAT’S RIGHT. I’M TOLD THE HOMEOWNER THAT LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD HERE WAS DESCRIBED AS NOTHING BUT A GOOD NEIGHBOR. NOW, FIVE PEOPLE WERE FOUND IN THAT HOME. WE STILL HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD HOW THEY DIED. LIKE WE HAVE FAMILIES DOWN HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK. AND HE COME OVER AND MOW THEIR LAWNS AND TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY. ANYTHING HE NEEDED, HE’D BE THERE FOR YOU. IT’S A SMALL SUBDIVISION AND NEIGHBORS ARE CLOSE. THEY ALL SAW THE SAME THING THIS MORNING. THERE WAS YELLOW TAPE ALL OVER THE YARD AND ALL OVER THE VEHICLES AND STUFF. BRIAN GRAHAM SAYS. A MAN THAT LIVES IN THE HOME INSIDE THE CRIME SCENE WOULD HELP OUT ANYONE ON MIRAGE STREET. HE EVEN HELPED BRIAN FIX A FENCE. EVERYBODY LOVED HIM. EVERYBODY CARED FOR HIM. YOU KNOW, THEIR FAMILY WAS GREAT. THEIR KIDS WERE WONDERFUL. AND THAT’S WHY ALL THIS IS EVEN MORE CONCERNING. BRIAN SAYS POLICE WEREN’T LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHEN THE CRIME TAPE WENT UP. NO SUSPECT, NO SEARCH EFFORT. MY WIFE HAD ASKED IF WE WERE IN DANGER, IF ANYTHING, IF WE SHOULD STAY INSIDE OR, YOU KNOW, CAN CAN COULD WE LEAVE AND LEAVE THE AREA? AND THEY SAID, NO, YOU’RE FINE FOR ALL THAT. SO TO ME, THAT WAS ANOTHER INDICATOR THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO THREAT NO MORE BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN DETAINED, YOU KNOW, IN SOME FORM OF WAY. POLICE TOLD US TODAY FIVE PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD IN THE HOME HERE OFF OF MIRAGE STREET, NOT FAR FROM SOUTHWEST 29TH AND CZECH HALL ROAD IN YUKON. MONDAY AFTERNOON. MUSTANG PUBLIC SCHOOLS RELEASED A STATEMENT CONFIRMING TWO STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WERE KILLED. ONE WAS A SIXTH GRADE STUDENT AT MEADOWBROOK INTERMEDIATE AND THE OTHER WAS A NINTH GRADE STUDENT ATTENDING MUSTANG HIGH SCHOOL. WE’RE TOLD A 2023 MPS GRADUATE ALSO DIED AT THE HOME. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN BEING INSIDE THIS HOME AND BEING VICTIMS OF THIS ALSO. SO IT’S A VERY TRAGIC, VERY SAD SITUATION. OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE GOT THE CALL TO DO A WELFARE CHECK AT THE HOUSE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD WHO CALLED THEM, BUT IT QUICKLY TURNED INTO A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. THIS WASN’T A GAS TYPE OF SITUATION OR A FENTANYL TYPE OF SITUATION. THESE ARE FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED. NOW. POLICE ARE STILL HERE AT THE SCENE. THEY’LL BE INVESTIGATING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. WE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD THE NAMES OF T
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'Everybody loved them': Neighbors describe residents of Yukon home where 5 found dead

An ongoing homicide investigation is underway in Yukon after five people, including two children, were found dead in a subdivision.

A homicide investigation is currently ongoing in Yukon, following the discovery of five deceased individuals, including two children, in a subdivision Monday morning| MORE | Community left reeling after 5, including 2 Mustang students, found dead in Yukon homeNeighbors said the owner of the home where the people were found dead was always a good person. It is still not clear how they died. "We have families down here that work all day, and he'd mow their lawns and take care of the family. Anything you needed, he'd be there for you," Brian Graham, a homeowner in the subdivision, said. "Everybody loved them. Everybody cared for them. Their family was great. Their kids were wonderful."Graham also described the scene this morning. "Yellow tape all over the lawn and on the vehicles and stuff," Graham said. He said he didn't notice police searching for anyone when the crime scene was established. "My wife had asked them if we were in danger, or if we needed to stay inside. You know, 'Can we leave the area?' And they said, 'No, you're fine for all that.' So that was an indicator that there was no threat and that it had been contained in some way," Graham said. The police confirmed that the five deceased individuals were found in a home off Mirage Street, not far from Southwest 29th Street and Czech Hall Road in Yukon. Mustang Public Schools released a statement Monday afternoon, confirming the death of two students in the district. One was a sixth-grade student at Meadow Brook Intermediate, and the other was a ninth-grade student at Mustang High School. A 2023 Mustang Public Schools graduate also died at the home."We're talking about children being inside this home and being victims of this also. So, it's a very tragic situation," Gary Knight, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City Police Department, said. OCPD received a call to conduct a welfare check at the house early this morning. The situation quickly escalated into a homicide investigation. "This was not a gas-type of situation, or a fentanyl situation. These are five people who were killed," Knight said. As of Monday night, police were still at the scene, and the investigation was expected to continue through the night. The names of the victims have not yet been released.Top Headlines 2-year-old dies in crash on Pottawatomie County highway, OHP says VIDEO: People pull black bear cubs from tree and take photos with them, sparking outrage Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 28 points as top-seeded Thunder edge Pelicans in Game 1 7-year-old in critical condition after drive-by shooting in Oklahoma City 3 people, including 2 children, killed in single-vehicle crash in Del City, police say

A homicide investigation is currently ongoing in Yukon, following the discovery of five deceased individuals, including two children, in a subdivision Monday morning

| MORE | Community left reeling after 5, including 2 Mustang students, found dead in Yukon home

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Neighbors said the owner of the home where the people were found dead was always a good person. It is still not clear how they died.

"We have families down here that work all day, and he'd mow their lawns and take care of the family. Anything you needed, he'd be there for you," Brian Graham, a homeowner in the subdivision, said. "Everybody loved them. Everybody cared for them. Their family was great. Their kids were wonderful."

Graham also described the scene this morning.

"Yellow tape all over the lawn and on the vehicles and stuff," Graham said.

He said he didn't notice police searching for anyone when the crime scene was established.

"My wife had asked them if we were in danger, or if we needed to stay inside. You know, 'Can we leave the area?' And they said, 'No, you're fine for all that.' So that was an indicator that there was no threat and that it had been contained in some way," Graham said.

The police confirmed that the five deceased individuals were found in a home off Mirage Street, not far from Southwest 29th Street and Czech Hall Road in Yukon.

Mustang Public Schools released a statement Monday afternoon, confirming the death of two students in the district. One was a sixth-grade student at Meadow Brook Intermediate, and the other was a ninth-grade student at Mustang High School. A 2023 Mustang Public Schools graduate also died at the home.

"We're talking about children being inside this home and being victims of this also. So, it's a very tragic situation," Gary Knight, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City Police Department, said.

OCPD received a call to conduct a welfare check at the house early this morning. The situation quickly escalated into a homicide investigation.

"This was not a gas-type of situation, or a fentanyl situation. These are five people who were killed," Knight said.

As of Monday night, police were still at the scene, and the investigation was expected to continue through the night. The names of the victims have not yet been released.


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