Oklahoma prosecutors formally charged a person with 4 counts of first-degree murder on Friday, about two weeks after he allegedly killed 4 employees at a marijuana farm and fled the state.
Chen Wu, 45, was arrested in Florida on Nov. 22 after a automobile tag reader flagged his automobile.
This photograph launched by the U.S. Marshals Service exhibits Chen Wu following his arrest by the Miami Beach Police on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in South Florida.
(U.S. Marshals Service by way of AP)
Prosecutors wrote in court docket filings that Wu went to the pot farm, situated about 55 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, and demanded a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} that he had invested within the operation.
“Eyewitnesses to the murders have stated that [Wu] demanded $300,000 be handed over to him by other employees of the marijuana operation, as a return of a portion of his ‘investment’ in the enterprise,” Assistant District Attorney Austin Murrey wrote in court docket filings. “The fact that it could not be handed over on a moment’s notice is what precipitated the mass murder.”
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Four Chinese nationals have been killed within the capturing and a fifth particular person was wounded.
This photograph offered by the Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department exhibits Wu Chen, the suspect within the weekend killings of 4 folks at a marijuana farm in Oklahoma.
(Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department by way of AP)
Medical marijuana was legalized in Oklahoma in 2018. At least 75% of every operation have to be owned by an Oklahoma resident, however the utility for a license on the farm the place the quadruple murder occurred was fraudulently obtained, in response to KFOR.
Prosecutors filed a movement for Wu to be held with out bond. An lawyer for Wu was not listed in court docket data.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
