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Oklahoma City druggist faces charge in shooting

 
BY JAY F. MARKS | Published: May 28, 2009   


An Oklahoma County pharmacist went from hero to murder suspect in the span of seconds during a May 19 robbery attempt, prosecutors said.

photo - SOURCE: OKLAHOMA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ILLUSTRATION BY TODD PENDLETON, THE OKLAHOMAN
SOURCE: OKLAHOMA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ILLUSTRATION BY TODD PENDLETON, THE OKLAHOMAN

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Prosecutors warned against any threats or violence toward murder suspect Jerome Ersland or his employer, Reliable Discount Pharmacy. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater asked the community to allow the justice system to handle Ersland’s case. Ersland, who was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the May 19 shooting death of robbery suspect Antwun Parker, has said he had been assailed by allegations of racism after the shooting. Ersland is white and Parker was black. "Acts of vigilantism will be dealt with swiftly and severely,” Prater said.



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Chickasha resident Jerome Jay Ersland was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of a robbery suspect.

Antwun Parker, 16, was unarmed and incapacitated when he was fatally shot by Ersland, Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said.

Ersland, 57, shot Parker in the head when he and another masked man tried to rob Reliable Discount Pharmacy, 5900 S Pennsylvania Ave.

Ersland chased the other suspect out of the store before returning to retrieve a second gun. Then he shot the prone Parker five more times in the abdomen, Prater said, citing evidence at the scene and surveillance video from inside the pharmacy.

Prater said Ersland was justified in shooting Parker the first time, but he crossed the line when he continued shooting at the unconscious teen.

"Here’s the ironic part: if the first shot had been fatal, we wouldn’t be here,” he said.

Defense attorney Irven Box said Ersland, an Army veteran with disabilities, was acting in self-defense.

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