Groom shot and killed friend during bachelor party at Airbnb cabin: Police

A 22-year-old groom is accused of shooting and sidesplitting 1 of his friends during his bachelor enactment astatine an Oklahoma Airbnb.

Nolan Dain Engel was taken into custody connected Saturday and charged with 1 number of second-degree murder successful transportation with the slaying of 21-year-old Braden Uhlmann, authorities announced.

According to a news release from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), the probe began conscionable earlier 1 a.m. connected April 4, erstwhile deputies with the McCurtain County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported shooting astatine a residence disconnected Rockhill Circle successful Broken Bow. The residence is astir 240 miles southeast of Oklahoma City.

Upon arriving astatine the address, archetypal responders recovered Uhlmann suffering from an evident gunshot coiled to the chest. Emergency aesculapian unit transported him to a section infirmary wherever helium aboriginal succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.

The sheriff's bureau contacted OSBI to analyse the shooting. Agents interviewed Engel, who confirmed helium was astatine the residence erstwhile the shooting occurred.

"Based connected the accusation and grounds obtained, it was determined that Engel changeable Uhlmann," the bureau said successful the release.

Court documents obtained by Sherman, Texas, ABC affiliate KXII provided further details surrounding the circumstances of the shooting. According to the report, Engel allegedly made "spontaneous statements to arriving officers regarding himself arsenic the shooter."

Investigators said Engel told them helium had been staying astatine the compartment with 3 friends arsenic portion of a travel for his bachelor party. While wrong the cabin, Engel reportedly claimed helium heard "knocking noises" and saw what helium believed to beryllium a person's shadiness conscionable extracurricular the cabin's beforehand door.

In response, Engel allegedly fired a azygous changeable from a 9 mm handgun.

After firing, Engel and different person went outside, which is wherever they discovered Uhlmann lying connected the beforehand structure suffering from a gunshot coiled to the precocious chest.

It was not instantly wide whether Uhlmann was equipped astatine the clip of the shooting.

OSBI said nary different injuries were reported and described the lawsuit arsenic an ongoing investigation.

Engel was initially taken into custody and booked into the McCurtain County Jail, but has since been released aft posting a $250,000 bond, tribunal records show. He is presently scheduled to marque his adjacent quality successful tribunal connected April 28.

The OSBI said it is continuing to analyse the circumstances surrounding the shooting, with assistance from the McCurtain County Sheriff's Office and the Hochatown Police Department.