Police investigate shooting at Scissortail Park shortly after Thunder win NBA championship
Police said the shooting appeared to have stemmed from a fight and was not related to the Thunder game
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER FANS CELEBRATING THIS HISTORIC WIN FOR OUR TEAM. AND THEY HAVE BEEN OUT IN FULL FORCE IN DOWNTOWN OKC, PACKING THE STREETS. WE’VE SHOWN YOU THE VIEW FROM SKY FIVE. AND NOW WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO THE GROUND LEVEL AS WELL. I MEAN THERE’S A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE BOTH OUR KOCO ALYSE JONES AND MEGHAN MOSLEY JOINING US DOWNTOWN. GUYS. LET’S GET IT OVER TO YOU. WHAT’S THE LATEST DOWN THERE? YEAH. EVAN, I ACTUALLY WAS IN THE ARENA WHEN THE GAME ENDED. IT WAS CRAZY. IT WAS SO LOUD. SO MANY PEOPLE WHEN WE WERE WALKING OUT, I MEAN, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN THERE TOO, WHO WEREN’T EVEN AT THE GAME. JUST EVERYBODY GATHERING AND SCISSORTAIL PARK. IT WAS HECTIC. IT WAS FUN. A LOT OF PEOPLE CHANTING, CHEERING. AND THEN THINGS TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A TURN. MEGAN, I KNOW YOU WERE ALSO AT SCISSORTAIL PARK JUST DOWN THE WAY, BUT YEAH, TELL ME WHERE WHERE WERE YOU AT? YEAH. SO WE WERE ACTUALLY ALSO DOWN THERE AT SCISSORTAIL PARK WHEN WE ACTUALLY ME AND MY PHOTOGRAPHER CALEB AND I, WE ACTUALLY HEARD GUNSHOTS. WE HAD ABOUT FOUR OF THEM. NOW, WE HAD SEEN FIREWORKS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, SO WE DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WAS FIREWORKS OR GUNSHOTS, BUT IT WAS GUNSHOTS. IT WAS CRAZY. IT WAS HECTIC. SO WE STARTED RUNNING. AND AT THAT POINT POLICE ALSO TOLD US TO JUST GET OUT OF THERE, THAT PEOPLE WERE PUSHING. WE HEARD PEOPLE SAYING, GUNSHOTS, GET OUT, GET OUT. AND AT THAT POINT I ACTUALLY CALLED OUR MANAGER TO GET OUT AND PEOPLE ARE STILL DOWN HERE. THEY’RE STILL EXCITED, AS YOU CAN SEE. BUT THEN AT THAT POINT, ELISE CALLED US AND SHE WAS LIKE, HEY, COME GET IN THE CAR. WE’RE CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN BY SCISSORTAIL PARK. AND SHE SAID, HEY, COME GET IN THE CAR WITH US. AND THAT’S WHAT WE DID. WE GOT IN THE CAR WITH YOU GUYS. YEAH. AND POLICE DID CONFIRM THAT THERE IS ONE GUNSHOT VICTIM, NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THERE’S BEEN A PERSON DETAINED BUT NOT ARRESTED. NOW WE ARE IN A SAFE PLACE. BUT IT HAS BEEN CRAZY TRYING TO GET DOWN HERE. THERE’S JUST A LOT OF TRAFFIC, A LOT OF PEOPLE. YEAH. IT TOOK US ABOUT HALF AN HOUR TO GET HERE. HONESTLY? YEAH. AND DOWNTOWN, WHERE WE WERE, I MEAN, THE POLICE PRESENCE WAS REALLY HEAVY, AND IT STILL IS DOWN THERE. WE SAW AIR FORCE ONE OUT. THEY WERE ACTUALLY THEY HAD THE SUSPECT. BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE DETAINED. IT TOOK US ABOUT 30 MINUTES ACTUALLY TO GET WHERE WE ARE NOW. IT IS DOWNTOWN IS HECTIC RIGHT SO YOU CAN’T GET YOU CAN’T GET DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW. IT’S REALLY HECTIC BECAUSE IT’S JUST IT’S ELECTRIFYING. BUT IT’S IT’S ALSO A LITTLE HECTIC, LIKE I SAID. BUT WE’RE IN A SAFE SPOT RIGHT NOW. WE ACTUALLY ARE AT FIFTH AND OKLAHOMA CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY. SO NOW WE’RE IN A GOOD SPOT. IT WAS A HECTIC SECOND THERE, BUT WE MADE IT. WE’RE SAFE AND WE KNOW THAT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN DETAINED AND THAT PERSON THAT WAS SHOT AT HAS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. WE’RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO. AND MEGAN AND ELISE, WHILE WE HAVE YOU AND JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS TOO, WE’VE BEEN REPORTING THAT THE SHOOTING WAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF SCISSORTAIL PARK. THAT’S WHAT POLICE TOLD US. WE GOT AN UPDATE THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE PAYCOM CENTER. AND IF WE COULD BRING MEGAN AND ELISE BACK WITH US SO WE COULD TALK TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT. I’M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE CELEBRATIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING. YOU’VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. IT WAS PACKED RIGHT AFTER THE GAME, AND WE KNOW IN BRICKTOWN THEY WERE ASKING PEOPLE TO GO AHEAD AND CLEAR OUT. HAVE YOU SEEN THE CROWDS START TO DISPERSE OVER THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF OR SO? OH YEAH. PEOPLE WERE RUNNING OUT OF DOWNTOWN. I MEAN, IT WAS CRAZY. AND POLICE TOLD US TO GET OUT OF THERE. LIKE THEY SAID, JUST GET OUT. JUST GET OUT. GO. SO WE RAN OUT. SO YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS HECTIC. I THINK IT’S EVIDENT JUST FROM HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THERE IS TO. IT TOOK US HALF AN HOUR TO GO, MAYBE HALF A MILE. THERE’S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY CARS. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THERE’S NOT STILL PEOPLE DOWN THERE CELEBRATING. SO THEY POLICE WERE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT. OF COURSE. I MEAN, I CAN STILL HEAR FIREWORKS IN THE DISTANCE. SO I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STAYING PUT, NOT WILLING TO LEAVE YET. SO IT’S JUST BEEN I MEAN, CRAZY. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE. IT’S EXCITING. BUT POLICE ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY STAYS SAFE AT THE SAME TIME. AND THAT’S WHY WE GOT OUT OF THERE, TOO
Police investigate shooting at Scissortail Park shortly after Thunder win NBA championship
Police said the shooting appeared to have stemmed from a fight and was not related to the Thunder game
Updated: 12:57 AM CDT Jun 23, 2025
Police are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday night at Scissortail Park shortly after the Thunder won the NBA Finals. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. on the east side of Scissortail Park, which is across the street from the Paycom Center and located near Oklahoma City Boulevard and South Robinson Avenue. Police said the shooting appeared to have stemmed from a fight and was not related to the Thunder game. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to recover, according to police. One person has been detained, but no one has been arrested as of Sunday night. KOCO 5 will provide more details when they become available.
OKLAHOMA CITY —
Police are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday night at Scissortail Park shortly after the Thunder won the NBA Finals.
The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. on the east side of Scissortail Park, which is across the street from the Paycom Center and located near Oklahoma City Boulevard and South Robinson Avenue. Police said the shooting appeared to have stemmed from a fight and was not related to the Thunder game.
The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to recover, according to police. One person has been detained, but no one has been arrested as of Sunday night.
KOCO 5 will provide more details when they become available.