How it happened: The courthouse plaza shooting

BY Staff Reports
Thursday, March 08, 2012
3/08/12 at 9:59 AM

Photographer John Fancher works at the downtown library. About 2:40 p.m. Wednesday, he captured images of a man police identified as Andrew Joseph Dennehy, 23. The man fired shots and was shot himself outside the Tulsa County Courthouse. Fancher's camera recorded the elapsed time.

0:00 A man police identified as Andrew Dennehy carries a gun while walking through the plaza.

0:45 Dennehy looks in the direction of an unidentified deputy, who has ducked down for cover.

0:51 A Tulsa County sheriff's deputy aims at Dennehy as other deputies emerge from the courthouse.

0:52 The deputy continues to aim at Dennehy, who falls to the ground after being shot.

0:55 Dennehy, barefooted and bleeding from his wounds, drops his weapon.

1:06 Law enforcement officers begin to surround Dennehy as he lies on the ground.

1:19 More deputies converge on Dennehy after he's been shot. The deputies were not identified.

1:41 After being shot, Dennehy lies on the ground in front of deputies and OHP Trooper Shiloh Hall (second from right).

1:50 Dennehy is surrounded by deputies and the trooper. Witnesses said they had heard multiple gunshots.

2:02 More people begin to emerge from the courthouse as Dennehy is surrounded.

2:20 A dozen law enforcement officials surround Dennehy and secure the scene.

2:42 Dennehy is handcuffed before being taken by ambulance to St. John Medical Center in critical condition.