Home Invasion Suspect May Be Connected To 3 Tulsa Homicides

A man Tulsa Police arrested in connection with a string of home invasions, may be questioned about unsolved murders that date back 12 years.

Willard O'Neal, Jr faces seven armed robbery charges. Police say he's part of a group that broke into homes between October 7th and October 16th. They held people at gunpoint and stole from them.

Police say O'Neal's name has since come up in three unsolved murder cases. One is the 1990 murder of Terry Schmidt. Schmidt was a former marine who was shot outside TGI-Friday's for his wallet.

O'Neal may also be able to help police clear up questions about the murder of Rodolfo Garcia last year. He was killed outside a Tulsa bar, and then dumped by the side of a road near Catoosa. Police say Garcia accused O'Neal's girlfriend of stealing his wallet inside the bar before he was killed.

The third murder victim is Bruce Chamberlain. He was robbed and killed last year as he closed the Trapeze bar. A bouncer was also shot.