By John Dobberstein, Editor
Two men who allegedly attempted to carjack and shot a man in Tulsa and killed two people during a robbery in Broken Arrow 5 days later were indicted on multiple counts of criminal offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Denim Lee Blount, 19, of Tulsa and Hunter Lee Hobbs, 20, of Bixby were charged with felony murder and attempted carjacking.
They were also charged with conspiracy to carry, use, brandish and discharge a firearm during a violent crime; and causing death by carrying, using and discharging a firearm during and in relation a violent crime;
On May 8, 2021, at 10:29 pm, two men later identified as Hobbs and Blount approached a man who was attempting to hook up his vehicle and trailer in an apartment complex parking.
Based on surveillance footage, Blount pointed a shotgun at him, while Hobbs pointed a rifle at him. The two ordered the victim to get out of his vehicle, and when the victim refused, both men allegedly shot him multiple times.
The two then fled, leaving the victim and his vehicle behind. The victim was transported to St. Francis Hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
In this superseding indictment, Hobbs and Blount are also charged with conspiring to carry, use, and brandish firearms during a robbery in the early morning hours of May 13, 2021, at Haikey Creek Park in Broken Arrow.
During the robbery, the two allegedly shot and killed Caleb Vaughn Collier and Kelly Ray Olen John Landsaw-Davis before fleeing the scene in Collier’s stolen vehicle.
The FBI, Tulsa and Broken Arrow Police Departments and U.S. Marshals Service are the investigative agencies.Assistant U.S. Attorneys Leah Paisner and Christopher J. Nassar and are prosecuting the case.
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