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Student held in Oklahoma shootingsTwo killed, eight wounded in rampage
SALLISAW, Oklahoma (CNN) -- A high school student is in custody Sunday after he allegedly went on a shooting spree across eastern Oklahoma, killing two people and injuring eight others -- including a 2-year-old girl, authorities said. The rampage began Saturday after neighbors confronted Daniel Fears, 18, about his reckless driving, according to Kym Koch, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. As he approached his home Saturday afternoon, Fears nearly ran over his next-door neighbors' grandchildren, who were playing in the street, according to neighbors. A man who lived across the street yelled at Fears to be careful. "They exchanged words. The neighbor said, 'Hey, slow down. You almost hit this kid,' " according to Koch. After Fears went inside his house, the man relayed the incident to Fears' next-door neighbors. The grandmother of the children knocked on Fears' door, but he did not answer. Fears then appeared with a .20-gauge pellet gun, shot and injured his neighbor across the street, fatally shot the grandmother and shot and injured her husband, Koch said. The grandfather was listed in fair condition early Sunday after being transferred to a hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas, according to the nursing supervisor. The other neighbor's condition was not clear. One of the kids who had been playing, a 2-year-old girl, was hit by a stray bullet and injured. She was treated and released from a local hospital. Fears then went to a car dealership in Sallisaw -- 30 miles from the state's border with Arkansas -- where he shot and wounded a salesman and fatally shot a female customer, Koch said. The salesman was listed in fair condition early Sunday, according to a spokeswoman for Muskogee Regional Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Then, traveling east on U.S. Highway 64, the teen shot randomly at cars and shot two people shopping for statuary on the side of the road, injuring both of them, according to authorities.
Koch said the suspect continued on and shot a truck driver in Gans, Oklahoma. The victim, who was treated and released, said he thought he had been hit by a rock when the pellet shattered his passenger window. About this time, officers spotted Fears and began chasing him. The 18-year-old fired at but missed a police officer in Muldrow, Oklahoma, about 10 miles east of Sallisaw, Koch said. He opened fire on a woman walking alongside U.S. 64 with her 5-year-old and pushing her toddler in a stroller, Koch said. The mother was hit and injured, but the children were not injured, Koch said. Fears blew through a police road block and then crossed lanes into westbound traffic near Roland, Oklahoma, where he lost control of his vehicle and ended up in a ditch. Around 6:30 p.m. local time, he surrendered to police and was taken to jail in Sallisaw, Koch said. "We're processing his vehicle and talking to the various victims if they are able to talk at this point," she said. Most of those hurt were taken to Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw with injuries that weren't life-threatening, according to a hospital spokesman.
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