TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa man is charged with first-degree murder after a woman was shot and killed near Cherry Street on Oct. 23.
The Tulsa Police Department said the shooting happened just after midnight. Officers arrived at the area near 15th and Peoria and found a woman shot to death in the back of the head.
Police reviewed nearby security footage and said they saw the victim, later identified as Tasha Shepard, get out of a BMW in a parking lot. As Shepard walked away, the suspect and driver Anthony Russell, followed her.
The car was seen in the southeast parking lot of 15th and Peoria intersection and Shepard's body was found at the bus stop on the same side of the street.
While the surveillance video doesn't show the actual shooting, police said with the evidence seen on camera and talking to people in the area, there is enough probable cause that Russell shot her.
Further investigation found the two had been texting prior to the shooting. Security footage from the gas station at 51st and Peoria shows Russell and Shepard together just before Shepard's murder.
Russell is in jail on first-degree murder charges with a $1 million bond.
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