OKLAHOMA CITY --
The uncle of former OU football player Mark Clayton was killed this weekend in what police believe was a gang-related shooting outside a northeast Oklahoma City club.
About 1:30 a.m. Sunday, a group of men fired shots into the west parking lot of Boots and Saddles Club at NE 23 and Bryant Avenue.
The shots killed Donald Lee Austin Jr., 46, Oklahoma City police Sgt. Paco Balderrama stated in a news release.
"Quite a few” family members live in Oklahoma City and are doing their best to cope with the tragedy, Clayton said Monday before participating in a benefit golf tournament at Oak Tree Golf Club.
"Amazingly, my grandmother (Claretta Reese) has been so strong,” Clayton said. "I can't imagine losing a son, but she has been amazing. God has kept her.”
As of Monday morning, Clayton said funeral arrangements had not been completed. Clayton is a former All-American wide receiver who now plays for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.
After bullets struck Austin, the group of men fired more shots into the east parking lot while leaving the scene.
Those shots injured a man who was taken to a local hospital. Police have not released his name.
The shooting appears to be gang related, according to the news release.
Additional officers from another division were called to the scene to help locate witnesses in the large, "excited and scared crowd” that gathered outside the club, according to the police news release.
Police haven't named or arrested any suspects, but have several leads.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the police homicide unit, 297-1000, or Crime Stoppers, 235-7300.
