YEAH. 72 YEAR OLD KATHLEEN CADE DIED AFTER BEING ON LIFE SUPPORT FOR A WEEK NOW THAT STRAY BULLET ACTUALLY CAME STRAIGHT THROUGH HER HOME WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING, LEAVING NEIGHBORS SHAKEN UP. IT’S CRAZY. IT’S, UH. IT’S REALLY LIKE, UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT HAPPENED? POLICE WERE CALLED TO THIS HOME ON AUGUST 7TH TO CHECK THE WELFARE OF THE WOMAN WHO LIVES THERE BY FAMILY MEMBER THAT THEY HAD NOT SPOKEN TO TO THE VICTIM IN A WHILE. WHEN POLICE SHOWED UP, THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT 72 YEAR OLD KATHLEEN CADE HAD AN INJURY TO HER HEAD AND TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT THE INJURY WAS ACTUALLY A GUNSHOT WOUND. SO INVESTIGATORS WENT BACK TO THE SCENE WHERE WITNESSES TOLD THEM IT MAY HAVE BEEN A GUNSHOT. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR GIO MARTINEZ TELLING ME HE WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED WHAT WOULD COME NEXT. WE GOT THE NEWS. TWO DAYS AGO OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. AND ONCE WE GOT THAT NEWS, IT KIND OF SET IN TO ALL OF US. LIKE, MAN, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY. 72 YEAR OLD KATHLEEN CADE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AFTER BEING ON LIFE SUPPORT FOR A WEEK. GIO TELLING ME SHE WAS A KIND, GIVING AND LOVING NEIGHBOR. SHE WAS LIKE A RETIRED TEACHER, SO LIKE SHE WAS JUST VERY NICE. SHE WOULD ALWAYS LIKE, IF I LIKE, NEEDED SOME HELP WITH SOMETHING SHE WOULD TRY TO HELP ME. STUFF LIKE THAT. HE ALSO TELLS ME THE TRAGEDY HIT TOO CLOSE TO HOME. LIKE HOW? WHY WOULD THAT BE? WHY? HOW COULD THAT BE HER? WHY WOULD IT BE HER? IT’S JUST STUFF LIKE THAT. IT’S VERY SAD. AND OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE STILL DON’T HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. SO THEY SAY IF YOU SAW ANYTHING, THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU. REPORTING LI
Neighbors searching for answers after woman killed by stray bullet
A woman who was on life-support for a week after being struck by a stray bullet has died and her neighbors are searching for answers.
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Updated: 6:16 PM CDT Aug 15, 2024
A woman who was on life-support for a week after being struck by a stray bullet has died, and her neighbors are searching for answers.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.On Wednesday, 72-year-old Kathleen Cade died from injuries she received after a bullet came through her home near Portland Avenue and Northwest 36th Street while she was sleeping.Now, neighbors are shaken up about her death.“It’s crazy. It’s really, like, unbelievable what happened,” said Geo Martinez. >> Download the KOCO 5 AppPolice were called to the home on Aug. 7 after receiving a call to check on the welfare of Cade.“By family members that they had not spoken to the victim in a while,” said MSgt. Dillon Quirk, with the Oklahoma City Police Department.When officers arrived, they originally thought that Cade had an injury to her head, and she was taken to a hospital. “It was discovered by medical professionals that the injury was actually a gunshot wound,” Quirk said.Investigators went back to the home, where witnesses told them that it may have been a gunshot.Martinez said he would never have imagined what would come next.“We got the news two days ago; once we got that news, it kind of set in to us like that could’ve been anybody,” Martinez said.Martinez described Cade as a kind, giving and loving neighbor.“She was like a retired teacher; she was very nice. If I ever needed some help she would help me, stuff like that,” he said. “Like why how could that be her, why would it be her. Just stuff lie that it’s very sad.”Police officials said they don’t have a suspect in connection with the shooting. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Oklahoma City Police Department's homicide tip line at 405-297-1200.Top HeadlinesTIMELINE: Severe storms with risk of 60-70 mph damaging winds possibly on Thursday5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in investigation into Matthew Perry’s deathState Superintendent Ryan Walters faces scrutiny from member of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s cabinetNew law preventing teachers from directly communicating with students starts this school yearPolice investigating homicide after OKC woman dies week after being struck by stray bullet in bed
OKLAHOMA CITY — A woman who was on life-support for a week after being struck by a stray bullet has died, and her neighbors are searching for answers.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
On Wednesday, 72-year-old Kathleen Cade died from injuries she received after a bullet came through her home near Portland Avenue and Northwest 36th Street while she was sleeping.
Now, neighbors are shaken up about her death.
“It’s crazy. It’s really, like, unbelievable what happened,” said Geo Martinez.
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Police were called to the home on Aug. 7 after receiving a call to check on the welfare of Cade.
“By family members that they had not spoken to the victim in a while,” said MSgt. Dillon Quirk, with the Oklahoma City Police Department.
When officers arrived, they originally thought that Cade had an injury to her head, and she was taken to a hospital.
“It was discovered by medical professionals that the injury was actually a gunshot wound,” Quirk said.
Investigators went back to the home, where witnesses told them that it may have been a gunshot.
Martinez said he would never have imagined what would come next.
“We got the news two days ago; once we got that news, it kind of set in to us like that could’ve been anybody,” Martinez said.
Martinez described Cade as a kind, giving and loving neighbor.
“She was like a retired teacher; she was very nice. If I ever needed some help she would help me, stuff like that,” he said. “Like why how could that be her, why would it be her. Just stuff lie that it’s very sad.”
Police officials said they don’t have a suspect in connection with the shooting.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Oklahoma City Police Department's homicide tip line at 405-297-1200.
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