In brief: Atoka fire source pinpointed

ATOKA

An Atoka fire that claimed the lives of two brothers started on a mattress in an upstairs bedroom, state fire marshal officials said Wednesday. Johnny Burr Anderton, 57, and Ricky Dale Anderton, 51, of Atoka, died Sunday when the house they lived in was destroyed by the fire. A woman who was asleep in the house heard the smoke alarm go off, said Joanne Sellars, state fire marshal chief of operations.

At first, the family tried to put out the fire, officials said.

TULSA

A man in a wheelchair was killed and a man was wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a gas station Wednesday in Tulsa. Norris Lynn Walton, 54, died at a hospital. Police said he was an innocent victim who was not involved in an altercation that led to gunfire. Joseph Doyle suffered a leg wound.

A Tulsa man who was shot on Monday during a domestic disturbance has died, police said. Antoine "Tony” Guillory, 48, was hit in the head when a shot was fired through a closed door, police officer Leland Ashley said. He died Wednesday afternoon at a Tulsa hospital. Guillory’s wife, Nellie Guillory, 58, was arrested shortly after the shooting on a complaint of domestic assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Jail records show she was released Tuesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY

A Bethany teenager was charged with second-degree murder Tuesday, accused of crashing a stolen car and causing a death while fleeing from Oklahoma City police. Timothy Scott Cannon, then 16, was driving the car on Sept. 14 when it crashed at S May Avenue and Interstate 40, killing a 15-year-old passenger.

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