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WEBVTT AFE. THEY JOIN US LIVE. PATT WE WERE STANDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE INVESTIGATORS WERE PULLING UP SOME OF THE STOLEN ITE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD SCREAMS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. UP TO THAT POINT, INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS VERY COOPERATIVE. A QUIET, CALM SEARCH OF THIS PROPERTY TURNED DEADLY IN JUST SECONDS. WE WATCHED DEPUTIES RUSH TO THE HOME >> YOU HEARD A GUNSHOT GO OFF. PATTY: THEY SAY THE OWNER OF T PROPERTY TURNED THE GUN ON , A SIX-YEAR-OLD MA HIMSELF. , >> HE ADVISED THE DETECTED HE HAD RECEIPTS FOR EVERYTHING , AND THAT IS WHY HE WAS IN THE HOUSE TO TRY AND FIND ALL THE RECEIPTS HE HAD, AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER HE GOT A HOLD OF A WEAPON AND SHOT HIMSELF. PATTY: OHP AND SEVERAL AGENCIES WERE SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT. >> WE FOUND NUMEROUS STOLEN ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM ALL OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. PATTY: A TROOPER WITH A GPS DEVICE USED TO TRACK STOLEN PROPERTY WAS LEAD TO THE HOME NEAR 250TH STREET AND SANDSTONE LANE NEAR BLANCHARD. DEPUTIES FOUND MORE THAN A DOZEN ITEMS INCLUDING STOLEN EXCAVATORS, ATVS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT STASHED IN BARNS IN THE PROPERTY. SOME STOLEN AS EARLY AS FOUR FOUR MONTHS AGO, OTHERS AS FAR BACK AS 2003. >> THESE ARE ALL HIGH DOLLAR ITEMS WE'VE RECOVERED. PATTY: THE OWNER RUNS A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND INITIALLY TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE BOUGHT THE ITEMS ON CRAIGSLIST. >> HE WAS NOT UNDER ARREST HE WAS NOT TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED A SUSPECT AT THIS TIME. PATTY: BACK LIVE OUT HERE, YOU WERE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE PIECES OF ITEMS. OVERALL THEY HAVE COUNTED 15 PIECES OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WERE RECOVERED. THEY ARE ALSO PREPARING ANOTHER