2023 Henryetta killings

2023 Henryetta killings
Part of mass shootings in the United States
Location	Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date	May 1, 2023
Attack type	Mass shooting; murder-suicide
Weapons	Firearm
Deaths	7 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	0
Perpetrator	Jesse McFadden
Motive	Unknown

On May 1, 2023, Jesse McFadden shot and killed six people before killing himself in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, near the town of Henryetta. That day McFadden had been set to have a jury trial for other charges he faced, but after he did not appear his body and those of his victims were discovered at his home.

Killings

Police say McFadden shot and killed his wife Holly McFadden, 35; Holly's three children Tiffany Guess, 13; Michael Mayo, 15; and Rylee Allen, 17, as well as Tiffany's friends Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 15; furthermore, he sexually assaulted Webster and Brewer, according to an autopsy report. He then killed himself. McFadden had been scheduled for a jury trial that day for further sex offenses; the bodies were discovered hours before the trial was to begin. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol had issued an Amber Alert for Webster and Brewer only hours before they were found among the dead. Police have stated that the shootings were perpetrated with a 9mm handgun that had been purchased by Holly in January 2022.

Perpetrator

McFadden was convicted of rape in 2003 and sentenced to 20 years in prison, serving 17 years before being released in 2020. In 2017, while serving his sentence, he was accused of sexting an underage girl. On the day of the shooting, he was scheduled to face trial for his 2017 offense after numerous delays.

Aftermath

After the murders, state representative Scott Fetgatter advocated for stronger sentencing laws for serious sex crimes.