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Charges filed against three arrested in connection with shooting at Collective
Charges have officially been filed against three residents allegedly connected to the shooting outside The Collective in early May.
Terrance Britton, 25, Malcome Barnes, 24, and Ahoneste Walker, 23, were charged with using a vehicle to facilitate a shooting and nine counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon.
Barnes and Britton also face charges of third-degree arson and destroying evidence.
The shooting ― which seriously wounded four people and injured at least five more ― occurred outside the food hall in Oklahoma City's Midtown, where people had gathered for a Cinco de Mayo celebration and to watch an Oklahoma City Thunder playoff game against the Denver Nuggets.
'Midtown is a bustling social area, and people should feel safe going to Midtown with their friends and families,' said Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna, whose office announced the charges Friday. 'Gun violence in the streets of Midtown, or anywhere else in Oklahoma County, will not be tolerated by my office.'
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Police responded to the shooting shortly after 10:40 p.m. on May 5. According to arrest affidavits written by police, a fight had broken out between Walker and other patrons just minutes beforehand outside the restaurant.
As detailed in the affidavits, detectives learned from shooting victims that Walker was heard calling Britton, her boyfriend, over the phone, claiming that she had been jumped and that "she was going to have her man come over and shoot the spot up."
About five minutes after the phone call, Britton pulled up in a red Hyundai Sonata with Barnes, and shots were fired at the crowd, according to the affidavits.
Court filings also show that the vehicle had been reported stolen in Moore and was later found burned near Interstate 240 Service Road just west of Bryant Avenue on May 7.
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Police said Britton was arrested after a traffic violation in Moore on May 12. He had already been in violation of his probation after pleading guilty in 2024 to assault and battery with a deadly weapon and was taken into federal custody May 23, according to jail officials.
Jail records show that Barnes and Walker also were arrested June 3. They were both being held in the Oklahoma County jail on $1 million bonds as of June 14. Attorneys were not listed in online court records for any of the three charged in the case.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Three face charges in May 5 shooting outside The Collective in OKC
