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A man was fatally shot during an altercation with a woman in south Tulsa on Tuesday, police said.

The woman called police about 6:30 p.m. from an apartment in the 6300 block of South Peoria Avenue and said she had shot a man, Cpl. Jack Ritter said.

The man suffered two gunshot wounds and was taken to Saint Francis Hospital, where he died.

Ritter said officers learned based on the store’s surveillance video footage that the woman and a friend were walking from a store to her apartment when the man attacked her, jumping on her back.

After a struggle, she shot him twice in the upper torso with her gun, according to a Tulsa Police Department news release.

Detectives interviewed the woman and released her pending further investigation, for it appears the shooting was in self-defense, the release states.

Alyssa Morgan said she heard gunshots right after her 9-year-old daughter witnessed the two fighting and got her attention.

She said she and other bystanders tried to compress the man’s wounds but started CPR when they realized he wasn’t breathing.

The area quickly drew a crowd of spectators while police processed the crime scene.

The man’s death is being investigated as the 15th homicide in Tulsa this year. His identity had not been released late Tuesday pending notification of his next of kin.

Kelsy Schlotthauer 918-581-8455 kelsy.schlotthauer@tulsaworld.com Twitter: @K_Schlott

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