Osage Casinos also made the following statement: We are awaiting a final report from the OSBI on the full investigation.” Police tape stretches around a blue truck in the parking lot of the Bartlesville Osage Casino Hotel, which just opened on Nov. Osage Nation Communications Director Abigail Mashunkashey also confirmed a stabbing took place and that it was sent to the DA’s office for prosecution.Īccording to Mashunkashey the ONPD officer “is ok and reached out to a mental health professional to discuss the situation involving this incident. Virden said the OCSO did not handle the stabbing case. “I did see on the (dispatch) log where there had been a stabbing at the casino over the weekend,” he said.

Osage News received reports that a stabbing also took place at the new Bartlesville casino over the weekend and Virden confirmed. Virden said the OCSO was assisting the OSBI in preparing a search warrant for the investigation. “The tribal officer responded and had some kind of altercation with the suspect and was trying to stop him from getting in a vehicle and somehow it ended up with the suspect driving with the Osage Nation officer like possibly half in and half out of the vehicle and a citizen stepped in and shot the person driving off with the officer, is what I was told.” “What I was told this morning was someone had called Osage Nation to report someone who had possibly stolen some of their property was at the casino,” Virden said. Osage County Sheriff Eddie Virden confirmed an ON police officer was not to blame. Osage Nation Police Department (ONPD) and Osage Casino & Hotel Security are fully cooperating with OSBI on this criminal investigation and will report all facts as soon as possible.”įox 23 had falsely reported earlier that an Osage Nation police officer was responsible for the shooting but then took that version of the article down from its website. Neither the victim nor the suspect are tribal members therefore, jurisdictional authority is under the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI). Earlier reports that an Osage Nation Police Officer was responsible for this shooting are false. “We can confirm that an individual was shot and killed early this morning outside of the Osage Casino & Hotel in Bartlesville.

The Osage Nation issued the following statement: Since neither the victim or the alleged suspect are Native American, the case is being investigated by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. A person was shot and killed at the new Bartlesville Osage Casino Hotel this morning.

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