Suspect in killings, carjackings on the run

OKLAHOMA CITY — Authorities are hunting for a man suspected of killing his aunt and uncle, shooting two police officers, stealing a patrol car and carjacking other vehicles in a violent rampage in the Oklahoma City area, all while apparently taunting law enforcement via social media.

The officers were shot Sunday night as they responded to a report of shots fired in the town of Wellston, 35 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The officers’ injuries weren’t life-threatening, and both are expected to recover, said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown.

The sheriff’s office said one person was arrested after the shooting but that a second suspect, 38-yearold Michael Vance, fled in a patrol car.

Vance is suspected of later shooting at a woman and stealing her vehicle at a mobile home park near Wellston, then driving 8 miles to the home of his aunt and uncle in Luther, and killing them, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Opgrande said.

Officers found the bodies of Ronald Everett Wilkson, 55, and Valerie Kay Wilkson, 54, inside their mobile home Sunday evening, Opgrande said.

Oklahoma City television station KWTV reported that Vance posted two videos Sunday night on Facebook Live documenting his run from police. The Associated Press couldn’t immediately verify the videos.