One killed in Tulsa drug raid

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Oklahoma - Authorities shot and killed a man while serving a search warrant at a motorcycle gang hangout Friday morning.
The Tulsa County Sheriffs Office's Special Operations Team entered the building in the 1800 block of North Kingston Place to find a man lying on the ground, Sgt Shannon Clark said.

Three deputies fired at the man as he turned to retrieve a handgun from a nearby bookshelf about 7:05 a.m. The man died at the scene, Clark said.

Members of the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office gather near a motorcycle gang clubhouse where they shot a man during a drug raid Friday morning. The man reached for a gun as deputies entered the building in the 1800 block of North Kingston Place. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World


While searching the building, deputies found what appears to be a pipe bomb, and the Tulsa Police Department's bomb squad was called to examine the device. TPD's homicide unit is also investigating the shooting.

Clark said other people from the building are being questioned, but no arrests have been made. The building served as a clubhouse for the Rogues motorcycle gang at one time, he said.

Authorities had been investigating activity at the building for some time and were serving the warrant for marijuana and methamphetamine, Clark said.

The bomb squad examined the device and found that it was not explosive. Authorities will now begin the process of searching through the building, Clark said.

There is a surveillance camera bolted above the buildings front door, but it wasn't immediately clear if it was operational.

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