Oklahoma City police said one person died overnight after a shooting in northeast Oklahoma City.Police said three people attempted to break-in to a home in the 1500 block of Northeast 30th Street at 12:35 a.m. Police said a resident in the home confronted the would-be burglars and chased them out of the house.According to police, one of the men pointed a BB gun toward the resident, identified as Benjamin Tyrone Tomlin, 20, who then shot one of the suspects. The BB gun did not have an orange tip and looked like a real gun.The man who was shot died after being taken to an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.Police are still looking for the two other suspects who ran away from the house before authorities arrived. Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call the Homicide tip-line at 405-297-1200.Tomlin was interviewed and released by detectives at the scene.

Oklahoma City police said one person died overnight after a shooting in northeast Oklahoma City.

Police said three people attempted to break-in to a home in the 1500 block of Northeast 30th Street at 12:35 a.m. Police said a resident in the home confronted the would-be burglars and chased them out of the house.


According to police, one of the men pointed a BB gun toward the resident, identified as Benjamin Tyrone Tomlin, 20, who then shot one of the suspects. The BB gun did not have an orange tip and looked like a real gun.

The man who was shot died after being taken to an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

Police are still looking for the two other suspects who ran away from the house before authorities arrived. Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call the Homicide tip-line at 405-297-1200.

Tomlin was interviewed and released by detectives at the scene.