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Sunday 4 March 2012

21 year old Nigerian student charged with murder in the US

Sampson Blake Oguntope
A 21year old Nigerian student, Sampson Blake Oguntope, 21, is being charged with murder in regard to a fatal Slaton shooting which left one woman dead and another injured

The Texas Tech student is currently in police custody at the Lubbock County Detention Center and his bail was raised to at least $5 million — formerly $500,000.


Steven Wheeler, chief of the Slaton Police Department, said originally Oguntope, a Houston native, was a person of interest regarding the homicide and he was detained at the Detention Center on charges of theft.
Slaton police found Faye Gray, 89, and her female caretaker, 21, had both sustained gunshot wounds. Gray was pronounced dead at the scene while the younger woman was transported to University Medical Center for treatment. Her condition is described as stable.

Lubbock police asked that the caretaker’s name not be revealed because of the sensitivity of the case.
Wheeler said the police are not releasing any additional information regarding charges against Oguntope at this time.

Members of the Lubbock County Sheriff’s office were dispatched to 1480 W. Crosby St. in Slaton to assist the Slaton Police Department with a homicide investigation, according to a news release by the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office.

Wheeler said at 8:12 a.m. authorities received a complaint that a black male had made contact with a Slaton resident and was asking personal questions, including what times the resident went to work and would return home. Wheeler said the resident said Oguntope was asking if a woman around 21 years old lived at the home.

Authorities later received information that Oguntope’s white Honda was found at the Knights Inn on Highway 84 near Slaton.
When police confronted Oguntope at the inn, he told them he was looking for a woman he had been talking to and went to the wrong address.
When confronted about why he was at Knights Inn, Oguntope said he wanted to use the hotel’s wireless Internet.

According to a statement released by the Slaton Police Department, “Sampson did not seem to be nervous or act suspicious to the officers (and) Sampson was not wanted for any warrants at the time of this contact.”
The Slaton Police Department then received a call at 11:48 a.m. claiming there was a white female bleeding within the 1400 block of West Crosby Street in Slaton.

Wheeler said Lt. Trevor Barnes was the first officer on the scene and advised the police chief to investigate a residence near the end of the 1400 block. Wheeler said he and Slaton detective David Wood arrived at 1480 W. Crosby St. and found an elderly woman dead at the scene, appearing to have sustained a gunshot wound.
Barnes and another officer told Wheeler that the younger victim stated the intruder was a black male with a white car.

“I immediately had officers clear the house to make sure the suspect was not still in this residence,” Wheeler said. “I then contacted the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Department and Texas Rangers to assist. I had my dispatch put out a state-wide search for the vehicle and possible suspect.”

Wheeler said Lubbock County police arrived at the scene shortly after, where they collectively decided to lock down the crime scene and begin searching houses nearby to assure there were no more victims. Wheeler also said they were assisted by the Lubbock County SWAT team and the Department of Public Transportation launched an air unit to aid in the search.

“I want to personally thank Lubbock County Sherriff’s Department, DPS Highway Patrol, Texas Rangers and Texas Tech PD in their efforts in assisting my agency,” Wheeler said. “We have had so many resources helping solve this crime but more importantly keeping this suspect from injuring more people.”

Wheeler said authorities discovered the person of interest lived in Lubbock and was enrolled as a student at Tech. After contacting the Texas Tech Police Department, they found Oguntope’s vehicle was entered under Tech property.  Tech PD, DPS and the Texas Rangers tried locating him on campus, and the Lubbock SWAT team set surveillance on Oguntope’s residence in north Lubbock at 3620 Marshall St.

Oguntope was arrested in Lubbock at his address. The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office said two other individuals — Charles Henry Burgess, 28, and Philip Michael Murphy, 26 — were also arrested for attempting to prevent officers from conducting an investigation at the property.

“As Chief of Police for the City of Slaton I want to ensure our community that the Slaton Police Department works hard every day so that we have a safe community,” Wheeler said. “Slaton is a small farm town and our community pulls together like family. This is a tragic event and our prayers go out to the victims and their families.”

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51 comments:

BLOGLORD said...

Naw what d hell is going on????
is this becoming a trend for our youths studying/living abroad to become known or tagged as murderers?
Is it a case of sins of the father being visited on the sons?
really, this is getting out of hand.
am sick of hearing this..

Anonymous said...

Gbenga , come rescue your brother...

kingsolex said...

dis boy is a big idiot 4 spoiling our reputation and increasing the level @ which dis oyibo people rate our 9ja boys to be murdrers, oloshi olori buruku kini awon gbo gbo rubish yi ke ....?

kingsolex said...

dis boy is a big idiot 4 spoiling our reputation and increasing the level @ which dis oyibo people rate our 9ja boys to be murdrers, oloshi olori buruku kini awon gbo gbo rubish yi ke ........?

Uche said...

What are our youths doing in the USA and the U.k ? This is really bad, when we forget our roots, giving both our country and race a bad name and increasing the tendency for other people to stereotype us!! For this young man, even if he is mixed race or mother is Non-Nigerian or Non-African, it still does not excuse whatever he has done.

Anonymous said...

Imagine this :(

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Ayo said...

If we report bad news dispropotionately higher than we report good news, we are bound to get these reactions from readers. There are lots of Nigerians flying the flag proudly abroad, but we reckon this is not news worthy.There is good and bad in all peoples and if we choose to magnify the bad in our mist then....That a person has a Nigerian name does not mean he has imbibed the Nigerian culture. He might have lived all his life abroad as such is only Nigerian in name.

BLOGLORD said...

Some people can just spoil things for others..now US embassy will begin to be extremely strict releasing visas to fellow Nigerian youths. c his head.
in other note, thank God his atrocity was NOT committed here, where our court would have discharged n acquitted him on grounds of no concrete evidence esp if he is a son of an influential indvidual.
though its bad rep for Nigeria.

Jay O said...

Nigerian by name/father only.

http://www.texastech.com/sports/c-track/mtt/oguntope_sampson00.html

He ran the hurdles for Texas Tech.
His mom is African American.

If you google his name and Nigeria, only sites popping up are Naija blogs. Biko He isnt Naija, he's a black guy who did crime in Texas. He isnt ruining my rep, its sites like this that want to rush to claim every Nigerian name out there. Pld next time Linda, also try and highlight good Nigerians are doing here. Its a shame, an old lady is dead, I pray justice is served.

Anonymous said...

Really again

Anonymous said...

He is just a suspect!! He hasnt bin confirmed guilty. The evidence against him cud b circumstantial!! Dey didnt say he ws convicted only dat he ws a person of interest in d case since he drives a white car and is black.

Anonymous said...

ONOME says............................
Linda enough of all these bad news already!Ahn ahn,u need to stop with all these o.As someone rightly pointed out if u keep posting bad news dispropotionately to good news,u are bound to achieve nothing.There are a lot of Nigerians in diaspora doing great things!!Research for that and post and leave all these miscreants to keep misbehaving.

Concerned Aunty said...

Well what is happening around the world is total lost of values. Trust me even in Nigeria, it is worst. They are never mentioned. A couple of weeks ago, a young man came home for his engagement. He took a stroll around the Estate where he grew up and lived with his parents. A group of boys approached him and demanded for cash by force. He was taken aback and argued with them. Pronto, he was stabbed and he died. These boys were cult boys from our very own University. You need to know what is going on in our universities. Those bad children are there. We need a lot of prayers and the Goverment speedy intervention. Trust me, its really bad. My cousin has refused to go back to Unilag, because the Cult Boys have promised to deal with him(another person)and he is presurring his parents to send him to Ghana because even the private Universities have these bad children. God help us

Anonymous said...

If na bad thing na Nigerian but better thing na African American

Luffy said...

Didn't anyone notice in the early part of the article where they said he is '''a native of Houston'''? Ta lo ran ni se?

Aunty A said...

Hmmm, these children are products of their background period. It has absolutely nothing to do with rich or poor. These children are scorned children. When you check their background, you would not be surprised! A good example is Victoria(your earlier story during the week) We have to try as parents to sacrifice for our children or they would bring shame to us.They need our love and attention always

Anonymous said...

**Falls asleep while reading article**

A Nigerian last name doesn't mean jack! He is probably one of those "oluwole" bastard babies and raised as an akata. No surprise here.

Anonymous said...

Well said onome,pls linda e don do haha,seems u find pleasure in bringin bad bad news,pls bring us good news jare *rolling eyes*

Anonymous said...

gbenga biko lekwa ihe nwanne gi ne me'....Chai Omo yoruba o unu ge gbu madu

Anonymous said...

Because name is Nigerian does not mean he is Nigerian.Nigerians are always quick to claim people.

Anonymous said...

LOL @ people alaramed at youths abroad. Ummm...people are murdered randomly and burnt to death in naija frequently for stealing bread! It just doesn't make news as much cos its a freuquent thing. Obviously, the ones in abroad is being magnified cos it doesn't occur frequently...so spare me with all that.

I used to think that when i get married and have kids, i'll bring them home and have them attend school for a while like i did....but with the jacked up way naija is in now, HELLZ NO! So, yea....America is still a zillion times safer than naija.

Anonymous said...

Such a shame

Anonymous said...

@bloglord how is this a trend? because one in like a million of international students have been charged with murder it is a trend? a lot(most) of us still do well in uni!

Anonymous said...

GBENGAAAAAAAAAAAAna wa oooooooGbenga we hardly hear from you again oooooooooo since your brothers and sisters have been into one criminal thing or the other! TRIBALISTIC FOOL! ANUMANU!

Anonymous said...

The devil is a liar. He must be friends with okoro people. May God have mercy on him.
--Gbenga

Anonymous said...

Why do some of u just read headlines? It says native meaning na "AKATA" born am. Born in the united states makes u an american. Am also sure that is father is now an american citizen by

Anonymous said...

Cont. His father is now an American by neutralization. So this boy is technically and really an American.

Anonymous said...

Bail ke?,why are they granting him bail sef.

Anonymous said...

I have a feeling he is innocent plus he is cute even wiv his beaten face

Anonymous said...

@ Jay O
He is Nigerian, by name and by blood. This story shows the importance of having both parents in the home.

Modupsy said...

This is becoming a trend o..God help us

Onyinye Chukwu said...

Wetin dey do all dis rich spoilt brats sef,they keep givin us bad names and am very sure they don't even knw where naija is sef.

Anonymous said...

I am puzzled at all the comments that I am reading.. We act like Nigerians at home don't run rogue and do stupid and inhumane crimes also.. Nigerians are not God's gift to the world and we fu&ck up a lot back home also.. One of the wealthiest countries in Africa yet one of the least developed and unorganized..
Yes this idiot that committed the crime is Nigerian and probably American raised but you folks back home deal with a lot worse crimes and those raised at home can be just as bad. Wrong is Wrong, you baggers are home suffering and smiling also, simple protest for fuel subsidy removal and you guys can't even do that properly!!!!

Temi

diva said...

most of these youth offenders abroad are mostly yoruba. why?

Anonymous said...

Gbenga is indeed a clown. Linda please don't stop posting his comments. Hilarious!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I have been saying. Now, everyone is seeing it...broad daylight. Yorubas are not only a disgrace; they are now murderers. See and hear the news everywhere. People Beware! YORUBAS ARE A DISGRACE TO NIGERIA!

Anonymous said...

#dead

adukeologe said...

ahn ahn people cool down now. whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

Anonymous said...

hahaha i'm igbo, but this gbenga dude cracks me up...lol at he must be friends with okoros...lol

Doc said...

Linda , screen these comments please, there is no need for bigotry or dichotomous ethnic -related confrontation between young and vibrant nigerians... @Anonymous; be the greater person and stop asking for gbenga or writing in Igbo when some folks don't understand.I am igbo but candidly It is insensitive and illogical. There is no need. Yoruba doctor colleagues have been very good to me and I would consider them as my gangies anyday!!

Anonymous said...

Everybody should be weary of their comment. He's still innocent until proven guilty. We leave in the same neighborh'd in Houston, Texas. He's a good kid. Linda be weary of what you post, even though is an old new.

Unknown said...

everyone who commented on this article is ignorant. I've known Blake since he was Little. I cant say he was perfect but none of us reading this blog is perfect. Its just like typical Nigerians to always judge people and without knowing them. He came from A good family. His family is not poor. His family is successful. Never Judge a book by its cover.

Anonymous said...

OMG! I am proud to be a non nigerian African!!!

Anonymous said...

whether here or over there, parents need to pay close attention to what their kids are up to. making all the moni is no longer enof, the kids need their parents....

furthermore, no be only niaja children dey mess up o, plenty oyibo children dey kill their parents and friends daily, rubbish. they go just dey portray us as if na we bad pass.

am proud still to be a Nigerian, all una wey dey proclaim America as a beta place, they go soon chase una come house, lool.

joy said...

Mechionu nwokem,so because some folks dont understand igbo,i wont speak my language again.biko ga noro odu

Theodora said...

Seriously this is becoming very alarming , i do hope it doesnt get worse, instead of seeing students coming out with flying colours we are seeing them behind bars....Lord help us

Anonymous said...

THESE NIGERIANS KNOW HOW TO DISGRACE AFRICANS. EVERYDAY, DRUGS, STEALING, MURDER. ARE YOU THE ONLY ONES WITH CRIMINAL TENDENCIES? I JUST WISH THE EUROPEANS COULD COME AND COLONISE YOU PEOPLE AGAIN. OR BETTER STILL YOU INVITE GHANAIAN OR GAMBIANS TO LEAD YOU PEOPLE...GABBY

Mark said...

Joy to a fool like you silence is d best answer

Anonymous said...

na wa o

Anonymous said...

heaven will vindicate blake.we are not murderers in my family.and for those saying he is disgracing nigerians,pls he is not a nigerian.may god not let us see evil

Anonymous said...

This is an outrage! First of all, Blake is an American whose father is Nigerian and mother is African-American. Both of which are hard working people in their communities. I know Blake well enough to know that this $hi+ is ridiculous. He has NEVER presented himself to me as other than respectful to his elders and peers. He is being accused of a crime under nothing but circumstantial evidence. Which is why after over a month he has still not been indictated for this false charges. Unfortunately he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Lubbock County is wasting time TRYING to build a case against this young man. It breaks my heart to know that a good young man is suffering a fate that is not justified. I pray for Blake and his family to get through this ordeal.

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