Shooting Victim Recalls Scary Moments In SE Oklahoma City

A household in Southeast OKC is shaken up after a person on a bicycle approached them with a gun capturing at them. Police mentioned that man is behind bars. 

The Brown household mentioned what occurred Tuesday morning was traumatic. 

Because the Brown household left their home for the day, they observed a person they did not acknowledge using a motorcycle by their dwelling. 

“He took an image of me my spouse and my daughter,” Michael Brown mentioned. 

Brown mentioned the person accused him of stealing his wagon. 

“The tires are flat on it. The handles are broke on it as a result of our youngsters experience it up and down the driveway. It’s extra of a child’s toy than something,” Brown mentioned. 

Brown denied stealing something, however issues continued to escalate. The person on the bike then pulled out a gun. 

“I mentioned, ‘if you happen to shoot me with that gun I’m going to shoot again,’” Brown mentioned. 

The person on the bike shoots at Mike hitting him within the leg and leaving holes by his dwelling the place his eight children and spouse stay. 

“I am the first breadwinner right here you already know if my children come dwelling and discover me useless on the aspect of the home. It is going to harm them for all times. You recognize and I’ve simply as a lot proper for them to be right here as anyone else,” Brown mentioned. 

Police mentioned the person on the bike is 51-year-old Paul Yeatman. 

“Officers situated the suspect a day after he was recognized. He was taken into custody and booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Middle,” Sgt. Dillon Quirk mentioned. 

Brown mentioned Yeatman could also be behind bars, however that day nonetheless haunts his household. 

Yeatman, who was additionally shot, is booked on complaints of assault and battery with a lethal weapon.