Police arrest suspect who ‘executed’ 4 Chinese citizens at US marijuana farm
- Wu Chen was taken into custody without incident by Miami Beach police and taken to the Miami-Dade County Detention Center
- Suspect will be charged with murder and shooting with intent to kill and faces extradition to Oklahoma
The suspect in the weekend killings of four people at a marijuana farm in Oklahoma was arrested in the afternoon by officers in South Florida, police announced late on Tuesday.
Wu Chen was taken into custody without incident just before 4pm Central time by Miami Beach police and taken to the Miami-Dade County Detention Center, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said in an evening post on Facebook.
The arrest came “after a car tag reader flagged vehicle he was driving,” it added. The suspect will be charged with murder and shooting with intent to kill and faces extradition to Oklahoma.
OSBI also posted a photo provided by US Marshals of the man sitting shoeless on a curb, apparently with his hands cuffed behind his back.
Authorities said the victims – three men and one woman, all Chinese citizens – were shot dead and “executed” on the 10-acre (4-hectare) property west of Hennessey, about 90 kilometres (55 miles) northwest of Oklahoma City. A fifth victim who is also a Chinese citizen was wounded and taken to an Oklahoma City hospital.