BEGINNING. JASON, WHAT IS THE SENTENCE? WELL, GUYS, CHEN WILL BE IN PRISON FOR LIFE AFTER FOUR CHINESE NATIONALS WERE FOUND DEAD IN NOVEMBER OF 2022. I’M TOLD HE JUST TOOK THAT PLEA DEAL THIS MORNING. SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT BODY, BODY, MULTIPLE BODIES SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2022, KOCO FIVE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING A QUADRUPLE MURDER CASE AT A MARIJUANA FARM ABOUT 15 MILES OUTSIDE OF HENNESSEY. WE GOT A POTENTIAL SHOOTER ON THE LOOSE. WE’VE GOT NO WEAPON. WE’VE GOT THAT BUILDING LOCKED RIGHT THERE. THE SUSPECT, WU CHEN, TOOK OFF FOR MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND WAS ARRESTED JUST DAYS AFTER THE FOUR VICTIMS WERE FOUND. CAMERAS WERE ROLLING WHEN HE MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE. WANT TO STAY HERE? UH, WHATEVER. UH, HOW LONG I WILL HAVE TO STAY IN JAIL? I DON’T CARE. THROUGH A TRANSLATOR, HE TOLD THE JUDGE HE DID NOT WANT TO BE SENT BACK TO OKLAHOMA. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MARIJUANA FARM WHERE THE MURDERS HAPPENED WAS AN ILLEGAL OPERATION. CHEN MADE A CHILLING STATEMENT IN THAT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COURTROOM. IF I GO BACK TO OKLAHOMA, I. I’M AFRAID THAT I WILL BE KILLED BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE MAFIAS. THIS WAS DEFINITELY NOT RANDOM. THIS THIS APPEAR TO BE A VERY PURPOSEFUL ACT. AND THE PLEA DEA
Man charged with murdering 4 people at Hennessey marijuana farm pleads guilty
Wu Chen was identified as the killer of four Chinese nationals who were found shot in November 2022
A man charged with murdering four people at a marijuana farm near Hennessey pleaded guilty on Friday. | MORE | Oklahoma deputies body cam video shows aftermath of marijuana farm shooting Wu Chen was identified as the killer of four Chinese nationals who were found shot in November 2022. After the shootings, he fled to Miami, Florida, where he was arrested days after the victims were found. “We got a potential shooter on the loose,” said the body camera footage from that day in 2022. “We’ve got no weapon. We’ve got that building locked right there.” Cameras were rolling when Chen made his first court appearance. “I want to stay here. However long I have to stay in jail, I don’t care,” Chen said through a translator in a Florida courtroom. He told the judge he didn’t want to be sent back to Oklahoma. After an investigation, it was determined that the marijuana farm where the murders happened was an illegal operation. “If I go back to Oklahoma, I’m afraid I will be killed because these people are mafia,” Chen said. >> Download the KOCO 5 AppThe plea deal on Friday marks almost a year and three months since the deaths of those victims. “This was not random. This appears to be a very purposeful act,” said Brook Arbeitman, the former Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesperson in 2022. Top Headlines TIMELINE: Oklahoma to see rain that changes over to snow this weekend Black History Month: This Black-owned bank is celebrating 100 years in business 2 arrested for skimming credit cards at multiple gas pumps across Oklahoma City area Tecumseh Public Schools bus driver arrested for allegedly being drunk on duty Reba McEntire overly prepared as she’s set to perform national anthem at Super Bowl 58
A man charged with murdering four people at a marijuana farm near Hennessey pleaded guilty on Friday.
| MORE | Oklahoma deputies body cam video shows aftermath of marijuana farm shooting
Wu Chen was identified as the killer of four Chinese nationals who were found shot in November 2022. After the shootings, he fled to Miami, Florida, where he was arrested days after the victims were found.
“We got a potential shooter on the loose,” said the body camera footage from that day in 2022. “We’ve got no weapon. We’ve got that building locked right there.”
Cameras were rolling when Chen made his first court appearance.
“I want to stay here. However long I have to stay in jail, I don’t care,” Chen said through a translator in a Florida courtroom.
He told the judge he didn’t want to be sent back to Oklahoma. After an investigation, it was determined that the marijuana farm where the murders happened was an illegal operation.
“If I go back to Oklahoma, I’m afraid I will be killed because these people are mafia,” Chen said.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
The plea deal on Friday marks almost a year and three months since the deaths of those victims.
“This was not random. This appears to be a very purposeful act,” said Brook Arbeitman, the former Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesperson in 2022.
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