Less than per week after a Thanksgiving shoot-out killed a 30-year-old man and wounded one other in Buffalo, Oklahoma, one other lethal capturing was reported – this time in Oklahoma City, and over a denied insurance coverage declare.
The buyer in Oklahoma City objected to his denied insurance coverage declare within the worst manner doable when he pulled out a gun and shot his insurance coverage company’s worker on Tuesday, proper earlier than capturing himself. He was later discovered useless contained in the company workplace, police mentioned.
Oklahoma City police confirmed with News 9 {that a} 65-year-old man from Midwest City named Robert Arnest had tried to dispute an insurance coverage declare with Jim Shortridge: Allstate Insurance contained in the Allstate workplace close to NW a hundred and fiftieth and May Avenue. The declare was denied. A 61-year-old feminine worker then ushered an enraged Arnest to the again of the workplace to calm him down and talk about the declare additional. It was at this level that Arnest pulled out a gun and shot her earlier than capturing himself, News 9 reported.
“The suspect was found inside the business deceased,” mentioned Sgt. Dillon Quirk of the Oklahoma City police division, in what Quirk mentioned gave the impression to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Quirk shared official particulars on the incident on the Oklahoma City Police Twitter account.
Sgt. Dillon Quirk with an replace to this incident. pic.twitter.com/TGTsrfNj1H
— Oklahoma City Police (@OKCPD) November 28, 2022
Meanwhile, the insurance coverage company worker Arnest had shot was discovered by police with a “non-life-threatening injury” and has been transported to the intensive care unit of a neighborhood hospital for therapy.
The Oklahoma City police reported that nobody else contained in the insurance coverage company workplace was injured, as a lot of them had hidden by their desks and known as 911. First stories indicated an lively shooter was nonetheless contained in the Allstate Insurance workplace – presumably earlier than Arnest turned the gun on himself.
Arnest made a Facebook publish on the identical day because the capturing, News 9 reported. In the publish, Arnest expressed anger in the direction of Allstate Insurance for denying an insurance coverage declare for injury to his automotive.