YEAH. GUYS. THAT’S RIGHT. PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH HERE IN EL RENO OBVIOUSLY SHAKEN UP AND UPSET BY THE TRAGIC TURN OF EVENTS. SOME OF THEM EVEN TELLING ME THEY DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE THEIR NEIGHBOR WAS MURDERED UNTIL THEY SAW IT ON THE EVENING NEWS. WELL, ONE WOMAN WE SPOKE WITH SAYS THAT SHE BELIEVES SHE SAW THE MURDER SUSPECT WITH THE VICTIM, HER NEIGHBOR, THE SAME DAY THAT HE WAS GUNNED DOWN, SAW A COUPLE PEOPLE COME AND TALK TO HIM THAT DAY THAT HE WAS MURDERED. THE WOMAN WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS HOUSE WHERE EL RENO POLICE SAY THEY FOUND 56 YEAR OLD PHILLIP EMERSON. BODY SAYS SHE REMEMBERED SEEING HIM WITH TWO MEN. ONE OF THEM, SHE BELIEVES, WAS STACEY DRAKE. WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE? UM, WELL, ONE LOOKED LIKE THE A PREVIOUS PICTURE OF THE MAN THAT HAD BEEN ARRESTED. AND THEN I DIDN’T SEE THE OTHER ONE’S FACE. SHE SAYS. NOTHING SEEMED OUT OF THE ORDINARY. THEY JUST SEEM TO BE TALKING FOR AS LONG AS I COULD TELL. THAT WAS LAST FRIDAY. EL RENO POLICE SAY EMERSON HAD BEEN SHOT. WE IDENTIFIED AS A PERSON OF INTEREST THAT HAD BEEN SEEN FREQUENTLY WITH THE VICTIM. PRIOR TO THIS, POLICE SAY DRAKE STOLE EMERSON’S PICKUP TRUCK. THAT PICKUP WAS EVENTUALLY LOCATED IN SEQUOYAH COUNTY. THAT’S WHERE OSBI SAYS DRAKE KILLED HIS NEXT TWO VICTIMS. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. ON TUESDAY, DRAKE WALKED INTO A BUSINESS IN GAINES, OKLAHOMA, WHERE HE SHOT TERAH UNDERWOOD AND TAYLOR SHARP. DRAKE STOLE UNDERWOOD’S CAR AND THEIR DEATHS TRIGGERED A MASSIVE MANHUNT. SECURITY IMAGES FROM THAT BUSINESS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. OUR HEARST SISTER STATION IN LITTLE ROCK, SPEAKING WITH UNDERWOOD’S SISTER. WAITING. JUST WAITING AND HOPING THAT HE’S GOING TO BE CAUGHT OR SLIPS UP SOMEHOW. AND HE IS ABLE TO BE CAUGHT ON THURSDAY MORNING, UNDERWOOD’S VEHICLE WAS FOUND AT A MOTEL IN MORRILTON, ARKANSAS, 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE ROCK. THAT’S WHERE ARKANSAS POLICE ARRESTED DRAKE. OFFICIALS SAY HE IS ALSO SUSPECTED OF KILLING 62 YEAR OLD RUSSELL ANDREWS IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, BACK ON MAY 14TH. DRAKE IS NOW FACING MULTIPLE MURD
Neighbors upset at news of El Reno slaying
El Reno residents are upset after learning that a killing in their community was possibly committed by a man who was hunted for days, suspected of other murders in the state.
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Updated: 1:09 AM CDT Jun 21, 2024
El Reno residents are upset after learning that a killing in their community was possibly committed by a man who was hunted for days, suspected of other murders in the state.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Some neighbors were unaware that Phillip Emerson, 56, had been killed until seeing it on the news Thursday evening.One woman believes she may have seen the suspect the day Emerson was killed."I saw a couple of people come up and talk to him the day he was murdered,” said the woman, who wished to not be identified.The woman, who lives across the street from Emerson’s home, said she remembered seeing him with two men, and that one looked like Stacy Lee Drake, 50."One looked like a previous picture of the man who had been arrested. I didn't see the other one's face,” she said. “They were just talking as far as I could tell."El Reno police confirmed that Emerson had been shot on Friday."We identified a person of interest that had been seen frequently with the victim prior to this,” said Assistant Chief Kirk Dickerson with the El Reno Police Department.Police said Drake stole Emerson’s pickup."It was eventually located in Sequoyah County,” Dickerson said.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppThat’s where the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says Drake killed his next two victims. Drake, on Tuesday, walked into a business in Gans, Oklahoma, where he shot Tara Underwood and Taylor Sharp, according to court documents.Drake then stole Underwood’s car, and their deaths triggered a massive manhunt.In Little Rock, Arkansas, our sister station spoke with Underwood’s sister."We're just waiting, just waiting and hoping that he's gonna be caught or slips up somehow, and he's able to be caught,” said Tia Barnett.On Thursday morning, Underwood’s vehicle was found at a motel in Morrilton, Arkansas, about 50 miles northwest of Little Rock. On Thursday morning, officers captured Drake in Morrilton.Officials said he is also suspected of killing Russell Andrews, 62, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on May 14.Drake is now facing multiple murder charges.Top HeadlinesSuspect tied to multiple Oklahoma murders captured in Arkansas after multi-day manhuntDriver arrested after leading police on high-speed chase in stolen carWoman who worked as a 'Rosie the Riveter' during World War II celebrates 100th birthdayMan accused of sexual abuse could have victims in OklahomaGrady County deputies find $100K of stolen agricultural equipment thanks to concerned citizen
EL RENO, Okla. — El Reno residents are upset after learning that a killing in their community was possibly committed by a man who was hunted for days, suspected of other murders in the state.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
Some neighbors were unaware that Phillip Emerson, 56, had been killed until seeing it on the news Thursday evening.
One woman believes she may have seen the suspect the day Emerson was killed.
"I saw a couple of people come up and talk to him the day he was murdered,” said the woman, who wished to not be identified.
The woman, who lives across the street from Emerson’s home, said she remembered seeing him with two men, and that one looked like Stacy Lee Drake, 50.
"One looked like a previous picture of the man who had been arrested. I didn't see the other one's face,” she said. “They were just talking as far as I could tell."
El Reno police confirmed that Emerson had been shot on Friday.
"We identified a person of interest that had been seen frequently with the victim prior to this,” said Assistant Chief Kirk Dickerson with the El Reno Police Department.
Police said Drake stole Emerson’s pickup.
"It was eventually located in Sequoyah County,” Dickerson said.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
That’s where the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says Drake killed his next two victims. Drake, on Tuesday, walked into a business in Gans, Oklahoma, where he shot Tara Underwood and Taylor Sharp, according to court documents.
Drake then stole Underwood’s car, and their deaths triggered a massive manhunt.
In Little Rock, Arkansas, our sister station spoke with Underwood’s sister.
"We're just waiting, just waiting and hoping that he's gonna be caught or slips up somehow, and he's able to be caught,” said Tia Barnett.
On Thursday morning, Underwood’s vehicle was found at a motel in Morrilton, Arkansas, about 50 miles northwest of Little Rock. On Thursday morning, officers captured Drake in Morrilton.
Officials said he is also suspected of killing Russell Andrews, 62, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on May 14.
Drake is now facing multiple murder charges.
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