The Oklahoman

Shootings Sunday in OKC claim three lives

- FROM STAFF REPORTS

Oklahoma City police are investigat­ing two homicides and a suicide that occurred Sunday, the 58th and 59th of the year.

On Sunday night, a man was shot and killed, and a woman was injured by gunfire in a carjacking at a convenienc­e store near SW 74 and S Walker Avenue.

Jessie Marion Myers, 43, of Oklahoma City, was taken to a hospital where he died. Chiquita Jones, 34, of Oklahoma City, was shot and wounded. She was hospitaliz­ed Monday, police reported.

Eric Deon Hardesty, 52, of Oklahoma City, was arrested near the store, police said. Hardesty has no known relationsh­ip to Myers or Jones, police reported.

At the store, a man walked up to a car and shot Myers. The shooter then walked inside of the store and fired a shot at the clerk but missed. The gunman walked back outside where he shot Jones and then fled in her car.

Two bodies found

On Sunday morning, a man apparently shot and killed his wife and then killed himself in southwest Oklahoma City, police reported.

Rosa Reyes, 41, of Oklahoma City, was found dead in a car with her husband, Luis Marquez, 40, parked in the back yard of 2345 SW 49, police reported. A family member found the bodies.

Police said it appears the deaths were the result of a homicide and suicide. It is unknown what led up to the shooting, police reported.

Both cases remain under investigat­ion. Anyone with informatio­n is asked to contact the homicide tip line at 405 297-1200.

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