OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Freeway Patrol is investigating after some off-duty troopers might have been concerned in a brawl that broke out final week on the Bailey Ranch Golf Membership in Owasso.
The incident has been catapulted into the nationwide highlight after a video exhibiting roughly eight males combating on the golf course went viral, garnering tens of millions of views on-line.
“The Oklahoma Freeway Patrol is presently wanting into an incident involving off-duty troopers on the Bailey Ranch Golf Course in Owasso,” mentioned Division of Public Security spokeswoman Sarah Stewart.
She declined to say what number of troopers have been concerned and whether or not they confronted any disciplinary actions consequently. Not one of the troopers have been suspended or moved off lively obligation whereas the Freeway Patrol investigates the incident, Stewart mentioned. She didn’t determine the troopers in query.
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A 17-second video posted on social media by a journalist at KTUL, Tulsa’s ABC affiliate, exhibits a bunch of males moving into an altercation on the fringe of the course. The video was taken from a distance, and not one of the males concerned may be clearly recognized.
A number of of the lads may be seen throwing punches. At one level, a person yells, “you come up on me, that is what is going on to occur.” That very same man then seems to yell at a special particular person, “you wish to go down, too?” He then shouts, “keep down, keep down.”
It is unclear what began the altercation that seems to have been between some golfers and non-golfers who have been hanging out close to the course.
Owasso police weren’t known as to the scene, mentioned Police Chief Dan Yancey.
A golf membership official didn’t return a message looking for remark.
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