2021 Muskogee shooting

The 2021 Muskogee shooting was a mass murder that occurred in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, on February 2, 2021, when a gunman opened fire at a house. The shooter killed six people—a man and five children—and a woman was seriously injured. Law enforcement responded to the residence at 1:30 a.m. CST. A male suspect was taken into custody after he was briefly pursued on foot by police officers, but a motive is yet undetermined and no other suspects are involved. The a request to delay the trial for murder was heard by a judge in early 2023. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Oklahoma since the 1986 Edmond post office shooting.

2021 Muskogee shooting
LocationMuskogee, Oklahoma, United States
DateFebruary 2, 2021 (2021-02-02)
1:30 a.m. (CST)
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, pedicide
Deaths6
Injured1
AccusedJarron Deajon Pridgeon
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