Chronicle News Services
OKLAHOMA CITY — Homicides #65, 66 and 67 for the year in Oklahoma City occurred or resulted from incidents which occurred in Northeast Oklahoma City last week.
Two-year-old Locklyn Rose McGuire died on Tuesday, Nov. 18, mauled by the family dog at her home at 1517 NE 26th St. The girl’s parents, Jordan McGuire and Darci Lambert, were arrested Friday on murder warrants, after investigators learned that the child had been left locked and unattended for a substantial amount of time in her room with the dog, which had attacked the child previously. Earlier in the month, the child had been taken to OU Children’s Hospital where she had surgery on her ear after a previous attack by the pit bull.
The report shows they kept the dog in the child’s room because it was aggressive with the other dogs at the residence. Officers noted that three of the four dogs at the residence were malnourished. CSI and Animal Welfare reportedly took custody of four dogs, one pet rat and two pet lizards from the residence.
Bond for the girl’s parents was set at $1 million each.
Oklahoma City police received a call around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22 to respond to a shooting in the 2100 block of NE 26th Street in Oklahoma City. The victim, 44-year-old Lenox Richardson, died as a result of the shooting.
The motive for Richardson’s killing remains unknown, but law enforcement determined the incident involved 34-year-old Deante Hawthorne, who was already on the run from police.
Hawthorne is accused of having shot his roommates in Moore, killing 18-year-old Serenity Burton and wounding her boyfriend during the early morning hours of Nov. 22, after which Hawthorne drove a stolen vehicle to the area of NW 11th and May in Oklahoma City, where police say he stole another vehicle at gunpoint.
Shortly after finding Richardson shot, officers spotted Hawthorne driving near SE 44th and Eastern, and a pursuit ensued culminating with Hawthorne crashing his vehicle on I-240 at Eastern while driving the wrong way.
“Hawthorne got out of the crashed vehicle and immediately began trying to carjack other passing motorists at gunpoint,” according to police reports. “During these robbery attempts, Hawthorne was struck by a truck. He quickly got up and was struck by a second vehicle. Hawthorne got up again, still armed with a pistol, and was shot by Sgt. Beloncik at 12:51 PM. Hawthorne was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.”
Sgt. Beloncik has been placed on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
