Owasso Shooting Victim Remembered By Football Coach

A woman who was killed in Owasso Sunday played for a women's professional football team, Oklahoma Rage.

Owasso Police say Atia Fields was shot and killed by her wife, Essence Fields, during an argument. Atia's coaches tell us she was hard-working and a great teammate.

Tarrion Adams is the head coach of Oklahoma Rage, and he says Atia, who went by Kamare, was loved by her coaches and teammates.

"It is just something that doesn't make sense to me right now, knowing Kamare, and Essence as well. It is just still something I can't wrap my brain around.” Said Adams.

Adams says he's still in shock after hearing Kamare was shot and killed on Sunday. Police say Kamare and her wife Essence were fighting when Essence shot her. Essence told police she thought Kamare was reaching for a gun.

"It appeared to be a completely loving family and I don't think anyone could have foreseen this happening,” said Adams.

Adams says he's coached Kamare the last two seasons. She played for the Tulsa Threat team last year, and this year played for Oklahoma Rage. He says Kamare would get up at four in the morning to go to work, then go straight to practice till eight at night.

"That's just who she was, she was a hard worker, completely selfless, and put everybody above herself, absolutely,” said Adams.

Adams says Kamare always went above and beyond. In their last game of the season, they asked Kamare to play a position she had never played before; not only did she do it, she did it well.

"She was the teammate that everybody would love. Again, completely selfless. It is not about her at all, she doesn't care about praise, so on and so forth, she was all about the greater good of the team. She wanted to do everything she can to put the team in a position to have success,” said Adams.

Essence Fields is now in jail for first-degree murder. Their 10-year-old son was in the house during the shooting and is now with other family members.

A GoFundMe has been set up for Atia's family.

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