Oklahoma City police responded to active gunfire near Scissortail Park Saturday night.

Early reports said shell casings were found by police near the Scissortail Park stage, with one person injured and taken to a local hospital due to being grazed by a bullet.

Officers were conducting an investigation which was interrupted by additional gunfire near the Paycom Center.

Oklahoma City police share update

Multiple suspects detained after OKC shootings

Oklahoma City police say they have a 13-year-old suspect in custody in connection with the first shooting that injured one person.

The second call for shots fired was near Reno and Robinson Avenue where no one is believed to be struck according to OCPD.

A 16-year-old suspect was placed in custody and a second gun was recovered connected to the shooting near Paycom Center. Police are investigating whether the shootings are related.

This is a developing story.

NORMAN — Oklahoma didn’t shy away from the disappointment of losing to Georgia in the opening game of the SEC Tournament.

The Sooners have been open about using that as motivation in the Norman Regional.

The essons continue to be apparent, as third-seeded Oklahoma beat Kansas 9-0 in five innings Saturday at Love’s Field.

The Sooners have won their two games so far in the regional by a combined 20-0 while needed the minimum of eight at-bats.

“Georgia, did not feel good about that loss,” OU coach Patty Gasso said. “But it really inspired us to be better and change.

“So coming back to Norman, really, really working hard on the field. Really holding players kind of accountable, saying, ‘Do it again, do it again.’ They’re holding each other accountable, saying, ‘Do it again.’ And the goal here is to start peaking, and I believe this is the best run show that I’ve seen from this team thus far. So I think we are going in that direction.”

The Sooners will look to continue their run when they take on Binghamton, Kansas or Michigan at 2 p.m. Sunday at Love’s Field. Oklahoma needs to win one game in potentially two chances to advance to the Super Regionals.

Against Georgia, Oklahoma scored four first-inning runs and made it 5-0 on Kai Minor‘s homer to lead off the second.

But the rest of the way, the Sooners managed just two hits.

While Gasso was plenty happy with the three second-inning runs Saturday that came on home runs by Kasidi Pickering and Isabela Emerling, she was happier about the way the six-run fourth unfolded.

“I love home runs. Everybody loves home runs, but I love watching our team run the bases,” Gasso said. “It’s fun to put them in motion sometimes. It was good heads-up base running. We were that all day long. We can do it all kinds of ways, as long as we swing hard.”

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The Sooners produced the runs without the benefit of a homer, getting two doubles two singles, and four walks to help push the runs across and move the game into run-rule territory.

“I think taking that loss and kind of using it as, not like dwelling on it, but just learning how to just take it and what we could do better,” Miali Guachino said when asked about the biggest change spurred by the SEC Tournament loss. “I think we’re just kind of using it as fuel, and kind of just getting gritty, I think that’s the best word. Like, at practice and everything. I think we’re just starting to get gritty now.” 

Oklahoma doesn’t figure to forget the loss to the Bulldogs anytime soon.

“Just being tougher, being more competitive, and not being denied again,” Emerling said. “Because we don’t want to feel like that again.”

OKLAHOMA CITY — A lightning delay at 8:48 p.m. in the seventh inning paused play between Oklahoma and Tennessee. Down 5-3 with one out and a runner on first, OU was trying to rally after a third inning of blunders led to an early lead transforming into a deficit.

An hour later, the game was suspended for the evening due to weather.

Play will resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. The third game will beging 45 minutes after the second game reaches its conclusion.

Xander Mercurius got his first start of the season in place of his brother LJ Merurius. After retiring the first six batters he faced, his play and confidence fell off in the fourth surrendering four runs highlighted by and RBI-triple, Mercurius finished with six strikeouts, giving up five runs off six hits.

Camden Johnson got Bricktown rocking with a two-run home run out of deep center field. The first inning was kind to the Sooners with Deiten LaChance and Jaxon Willits with back-to-back singles — the latter advancing LaChance to third.

Trey Gambill scored LaChance with a sacrifice grounder to put OU up 3-0 at the end of the first.

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After retiring the next three batters he faced, Mercurius had a tough start to the third inning.

A routine ground-out turned into a single when Mercurius stopped running towards first after LaChance secured the ball, but with no one to throw to. The mental error led to no outs and a man on first to start the third.

An RBI-triple by Manny Marin scored the Volunteers their first run. Tennessee wasn’t done.

Jay Abernathy earned an RBI with a single into left field. A fly-out and a strikeout followed — Mercurius’ gaffe at first base fresh in everyone’s mind. With Oklahoma leading 3-2, Trent Grindlinger singled into right field to score two runners. After the dust settled, OU entered the bottom of the third down 4-3.

Johnson had a tough fifth inning at third base.

A rocket from Blake Grimmer just eluded Johnson’s glove for a single. Two pitches later, Henry Ford hit a laser directly to Johnson, who was unable to snag the ball in the dirt — resulting in an error and run scored for the Volunteers.

At 5-3, Skip Johnson made the change at the mound, bringing in Nate Smithburg.

Oklahoma let a great chance slip away with bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth. Kyle Branch grounded out to end the inning, leaving three on and the Sooners still down 5-3.

OU and Tennessee entered into a lightning delay shortly after and will resume play tomorrow, Saturday, at 1 p.m.

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