Sapulpa, Oklahoma

From the TulsaWorld.com of October 17, 2006

Man shoots 3, killing 1; claims defense of home

The Creek County Sheriff's Office is investigating a weekend shooting that killed a Sapulpa man and left two other people injured.

Sheriff Steve Toliver identified the dead man Monday as Dakota D. Cloud, 20. He had been taken to Tulsa's St. Francis Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Wounded were his sister, Diane Dawn Cloud, 19, and Mike Craig Solis, 19, the sheriff said.

They were taken to St. John Medical Center, where they were recovering Monday from gunshot wounds to the chest.

Toliver said the Sheriff's Office received a report of gunfire about 11:15 p.m. Saturday at 15610 Willow Lane, about a mile south of Sapulpa.

The sheriff said Christopher Ray Vanmeter, 20, who lived at the mobile home, shot the three with a .22-caliber rifle after they had broken into his home.

Vanmeter was not arrested because he was apparently defending his home, but the investigation is continuing, Toliver said.

The break-in followed a fight outside the home during which a 12-year-old girl was clubbed on the head with a broomstick.

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