An south Tulsa apartment renter is dead, but not before shooting and injuring a suspected intruder in his apartment. It all took place this morning at the Villas of Yorktown complex near I-44 and Lewis.
The Tulsa Police Department says a man broke into 20-year-old Austin Edmondson's apartment around 4:45 this morning. When Edmondson came out of his bedroom with a gun, he and the intruder traded shots. Edmondson was shot and killed. The suspect was injured and taken to the hospital.
Police say a woman was also inside the apartment. She was not injured. It is unknown if the trio knew each other. Detectives are handling the case as a home invasion-homicide.