TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa police are investigating a homicide near the city's border with Broken Arrow on Friday.
Police responded to a call around 1 p.m. near 41st Street and 145th East Avenue from a man who they said was unintelligible and mumbling outside a home. Officers arrived to find the man sitting outside the home and a woman dead a few feet inside the home.
The man identified as Dinickos LaJuan Bennett is now in Tulsa County Jail charged with the murder of the still unnamed woman.
“As they’re approaching, (officers) see a male sitting on the bench kind of rocking back and forth, not really talking," Officer Danny Bean of Tulsa told 2 News. "Obviously looks like he’s in distress. As they’re approaching that they’re able to see into the glass door part. And there was a female that was down.”
Bean said because Bennett remained incoherent, special officers might have to assist in figuring out further details.
“Whether it’s mentally related or substance-related, either one. It’s going to be something of the sort. They’ll bring someone of the sort, absolutely, to talk to him and try to communicate if that’s the issue,” he said.
Neighbors along East 38th Place said they never noticed any concerning signs from the house and are shocked at the sudden sight of homicide investigators at a usually quiet street.
“You wouldn't think something like this would happen around the neighborhood," Bryan Diaz said. Nobody thinks (it would happen) around their neighborhood, especially with cops living around the area and all that stuff. You wouldn't think that that would happen here."
It also gives pause to Arianna Casas for her small children who she regularly walks to school and a park just a block away.
“I have to think about if they’re even going to school (Monday)," Casas said. "But yeah, it is something. It’s just crazy (with) the violence and everything that’s going on here in Tulsa.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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