Two arrested over Oklahoma shooting

The two were arrested on Sunday morning at a home in the north of the city of Tulsa after the police received an anonymous tip.

The shooting spree took place in a predominantly black neighborhood in northern Tulsa on Friday morning.

Tulsa police spokesman, Capt. Jonathan Brooks, has said investigators were looking into any evidence pointing towards the shooting constituting a hate crime.

The issue of hate crimes is one of the most controversial topics in the Unites States and has, in the recent weeks, sparked a number of demonstrations across the country.

This latest incident comes as the murder of a young African-American in Florida earlier in the year has rekindled concerns over the matter among the US public.

In February, volunteer neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, shot dead unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman claimed that he had acted in self-defense, saying that the victim had slammed his head into the pavement repeatedly before he fired the gunshot. He has not been charged with any crime.

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