We had another shooting Thanksgiving, but the victim survived being shot in the head and knee at an isolated shooting range in rural Wagoner County. Kenneth W. Payne, a 73 year old retired USAF veteran had gone to the Fort Gibson Wildlife Management Area shooting range earlier that morning to target shoot his guns. Payne was shot multiple times and left for dead. His gun buggy and four guns were stolen, along with a tool chest. Payne managed to walk down a path where he fell and eventually called his cousin who called 911.

Payne's wife said her husband went to the range almost every day. Payne's cousin said that about a week ago two men were at the range without guns, and they sat down nearby and watched him shoot. Payne is recuperating at a Tulsa hospital and is listed in stable condition. It is not yet known if he can identify his attackers.

There is no range master overseeing the location, and some of the locals claim the area around the range had become a hangout for Wagoner County lowlifes and criminals. The gun serial numbers are known and the OSBI and Wagoner County sheriff's office has issued a SN list to local pawn shops. The crime is still unsolved.

Kevin Sweat has been arrested for the shooting deaths of these two kids. Wakeholden is not online. Leap to your own conclusions.

Kevin Joe Sweat has been charged with first degree murder in the deaths of Taylor Paschal Placker and Skyla Whitaker. Sweat is already in jail for killing his girlfriend, Ashley Taylor. Sweat told investigators that on June 8, 2008 he was driving down a road in Okfuskee County when he saw "two monsters" coming towards him. Sweat said he panicked and grabbed his .40 cal. Glock and "shot the monsters". Then he grabbed a .22 cal. weapon from his glove box and "shot the monsters" again.

The OSBI determined that Sweat had bought the Glock 22 in 2007. Later agents determined that the serial number of the murder weapon was EKG463US. It was purchased by an Oklahoma gun dealer in 2006, and was eventually bought by Kevin Sweat. Then in 2011 agents searched property which was owned by Kevin's father, Curtis Sweat. Curtis told agents that occasionally his son shot his guns on the property. OSBI agents also found .40 cal. shell casings on the property which matched ones found at the Weleetka murder scene.

The Glock 22 murder weapon had previously been the property of the Baltimore Police Department which also had shell casings from the gun and these matched the shell casings at the Weleetka murder scene.

Sweat was questioned early on in the investigation and released. He screwed up by murdering his girlfriend which led police to his father's property where more evidence was found. Photos of Kevin Sweat. He appears to be just another grungy drug-addled Okie redneck. Watch his lawyer ask for an insanity plea.

He killed the monsters. Nice try, Kevin old boy. They're going to find you not guilty by reason of insanity, and then some monsters are going to kill you.

Un-uh. Not in Oklahoma. He'll get the death penalty here for sure. He was probably stoned on meth and or some other street drug when he shot those two girls. It may take ten years to fry the little shit, but he's doomed already...that is if some other grunge inmate in the Okfuskee County jail doesn't kill him first.

The real punishment for pedophiles and child killers should be a sentence of three years--in population.

He's already been punched in the eye by another inmate. He made the front page of the Tulsa World newspaper today, including this photo of him being led into court by OSBI Agents and Sheriff's deputies. Notice he was wearing a bullet proof vest.

He probably heard the voice of God telling him to kill these "monsters."

Following info. from the Baltimore Sun website...[not a verbatim report]

2005-2006 -- Baltimore Police return a batch of defective .40 cal. Glock pistols to the Glock company, including one with the serial number EKG463US which would eventually be used in the 2008 Weleetka, Oklahoma murders.

2006-- Glock repairs the guns and sells them, including the murder weapon to a dealer in Oklahoma.

Fall of 2007--Kevin Joe Sweat buys a .40 cal. Glock handgun from a gun store.

June 8, 2008--Taylor Paschal Placker, 13, and Skyla Jade Whitaker, 11, are fatally shot along a dirt road near Weleetka, Oklahoma. Police find 5 spent .40 cal. shell casings at the scene.

January 2010-- Sweat tells OSBI Agents that he sold the gun and does not know the serial number.

August 15, 2011---Sweat is arrested and charged with killing his fiancee'.

August 22, 2010-- Agents search the home [property] of Sweat's father and recover several .40 cal. shell casings.

September 30, 2011-- FBI investigators trace the casings to the Baltimore Police Department.

October 5, 2011--FBI confirms that the shell casings found on Sweat's father's property and the 5 casings at the murder scene are from the Glock 22 serial number EKG463US.

Sept. 13, 2011--Court documents indicate that Sweat confesses to killing the two girls near Weleetka.

Dec. 9, 2011--Authorities charge Sweat with two counts of first degree murder and announce plans to seek the death penalty.

Dec, 2011--Authorities in Oklahoma claim that Sweat may have tried to sell the Glock 22 at a Tulsa gun show.