Thursday, December 15th 2011, 1:12 pm
Two people are dead after separate shootings in Tulsa and Glenpool and investigators believe the same man is responsible for both murders.
The suspect's truck was found near McAlester near the Indian Nations turnpike. But he is still on the loose.
Investigators say Terencio Turcios, captured on surveillance video from the grocery store where his ex-wife works, killed two people.
Victoria Turcios was shot at about 3:30 Wednesday afternoon at an apartment complex near 61st and Peoria where she and her ex-husband lived in separate apartments.
"It escalated to the point that Terencio came out with a handgun and fired on Victoria hitting her several times. She went down. He continued to fire, ultimately killing her," said Sgt. Dave Walker, Tulsa Police Department.
Investigators say the Turcios then took off in his white pickup. Twenty minutes later, Glenpool police responded to another fatal shooting at a mobile home park.
"We were actually working down there on that scene when our dispatch advised us that Tulsa had a shooting and the suspect in their shooting and the vehicle matched the description of ours," said Glenpool Police Chief Dennis Waller.
David Grummert, 46, who worked with Victoria Turcios at the grocery store, was killed at his home.
Investigators say Victoria had just recently been suspended from her job, which may have made her ex-husband mad and led to the shootings.
"We're very lucky that there were not more victims. The victim's mother was in the house when the victim was shot, so that could have been another victim. A witness across the street saw him and they made eye contact," Chief Waller said.
State troopers later found the pickup abandoned and stuck in the mud along the Indian Nations Turnpike near McAlester.
Investigators say a newspaper delivery man gave Turcios a ride and let him use his phone, but he wasn't hurt. The man didn't know that Turcios was a double-murder suspect.
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"He targeted his wife, or ex-wife. And he went after a friend of his wife's or ex-wife. He didn't kill anyone in McAlester. If he really was on a rampage, he probably would have killed the guy that was trying to help him," Walker said.
Tulsa Police have sent out a bulletin to law enforcement agencies across the country.
Investigators believe Turcios could be headed to the Houston area where he has relatives. But he could return to this area, because he has children here.
If you see him, call Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS.
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