Nov. 22—LACEY — The suspect in the execution-style murders of 4 folks at a marijuana develop operation close to Lacey has been arrested in Miami Beach, Fla.
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation stated in an e-mail launched Tuesday night that the person, Wu Chen, 45, was arrested simply after 4 p.m. central time with out incident by Miami Beach (Fla.) Police Department officers.
Chen was arrested on an OSBI warrant after a automobile tag reader flagged the automobile he was driving, in accordance with OSBI. He was transported to Miami-Dade County Detention Center and is awaiting extradition to Oklahoma to face expenses of homicide and taking pictures with intent to kill.
Assisting OSBI with this investigation had been the U.S. Marshals Western District Task Force, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma State Fire Marshal’s Office, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office, Hennessey Police Department and Miami Beach Police Department.
Earlier in the day, OSBI launched extra particulars concerning the quadruple murder that occurred Sunday evening.
According to the OSBI press launch, a person, now recognized as Chen, entered a constructing on a marijuana develop operation on North 2760 Road, which is simply north of Lacey and west of Hennessey, at roughly 5:45 p.m. Sunday.
Several workers had been contained in the constructing on the time, and the suspect was contained in the constructing for a big period of time earlier than the executions started, in accordance with OSBI.
Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office responded in reference to a hostage scenario and, upon arrival, discovered it had turned lethal.
Three males and one girl — all Chinese nationals — had been executed, and an extra sufferer — additionally a Chinese nationwide — was wounded and flown by way of helicopter to an Oklahoma City hospital, the discharge states.
Because of a big language barrier, next-of-kin notification was pending Tuesday.
Based on the investigation to date, OSBI states this doesn’t look like a random incident.
On Monday, OSBI Capt. Stan Florence had stated it was believed the suspect was acquainted with the victims.
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control can be investigating the deaths.
The company has focused felony rising and trafficking of marijuana for the black market in current years. But company spokesman Mark Woodward stated Tuesday it was too quickly to say that was a spotlight of this investigation.
“It being a marijuana farm, obviously Oklahoma state law requires that they have a license from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority and from us,” Woodward stated. “One of the things we’re looking at is, is it obtained legally or was it obtained by fraud? So that’ll be part of our investigation.”
Porsha Riley, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, stated there may be an energetic license for a medical marijuana develop enterprise on the location.
None of the 14 marijuana rising operations in the Hennessey space responded to e-mail inquiries from The Associated Press, and officers wouldn’t determine which one operated on the website of the shootings.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
McKendrick is police and court docket reporter for the Enid News & Eagle.
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