One Dead, Seven Wounded in Shooting at an Oklahoma Memorial Day Festival
‘SENSELESS’
Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook
A shooting at a Memorial Day festival in Taft, Oklahoma, left one person dead and seven wounded, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Roughly 1,500 people were gathered at the Old Town Square when, according to witnesses, an argument broke out shortly after midnight and was followed by gunfire. A 39-year-old woman was killed and the seven injured individuals are between the ages of nine and 56. All have “none-life-threatening injuries,” according to the OSBI. On Sunday evening, the OSBI said a suspect was now in custody—26-year-old Skyler Buckner turned himself in to the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office. The mayor of neighboring town Muskogee posted about the shooting on Facebook, writing: “We are praying for the people of Taft and all of the families involved in this weekend’s senseless shooting, especially for the families of the bereaved and the many children left traumatized from this tragic episode.”