Two Arrested In Shooting Death Of Man In NE OKC

Police arrested two people in connection to the shooting death of a man in northeast Oklahoma City, Friday night.

According to police, at about 10:40 p.m., officers responded to the report of a shooting at 713 N.E. 79th Pl. When officers arrived, they found the victim bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound.

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Officers rendered aid to the victim, later identified as 23-year-old Jalen Jawun Ware. EMS personnel arrived to the scene and transported Ware to an area hospital, where he died.

Officers later discovered that Ware was driving down the street when multiple suspects opened fire on him and his vehicle, in what is believed to be an attempted robbery. Ware was hit and his vehicle slowed to a stop at 713 N.E. 79th Pl.

According to police, officers developed information on the two suspects who were later apprehended at the 804 Katherine Place. The suspects, later identified as 18-year-old Dangelo E. Brack and 20-year-old Cordelro Adams, were booked into the Oklahoma County Jail on charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. A bond has not been set for either suspect. 

This is Oklahoma City’s 46th homicide of 2015, according to police.