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Triple Murder Update

By Associated Press/KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Police: 1 victim in triple slaying had a drug debt

An affidavit filed by police says one of the victims in a triple homicide in Tulsa this month might have owed $20,000 ro a drug supplier.

23-year-old Joey Mike, one of the victms was connected with an unidentified drug dealer and possibly owed him the money.

Mike, 19-year-old Jermiko Thomas and 20-year-old Toni Ruff each were shot in the head on October 7th in a Tulsa hotel room in what police have said was "a style consistent with an execution."

Mike and Thomas died at the scene while Ruff died two days later.

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Information from: Tulsa World, http://www.tulsaworld.com