Tulsa's serial murders: A hate-crime spree?

Two white men are arrested in the shooting deaths of three black people in Oklahoma — and hours before the crimes, one suspect posted racial epithets on Facebook

Jake England, 19, and another man, Alvin Watts, 32, were arrested Sunday in connection with a shooting rampage that left three dead and two more injured.
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Early Sunday morning, police and FBI agents arrested two white men in connection with an early Friday shooting rampage that left three black people dead and two others wounded in a series of four attacks in Tulsa, Okla. Law enforcement officials accuse Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, of carrying out the shooting spree in Tulsa's predominantly black north side, and on Monday, the pair appeared in court, with bond set at more than $9 million each. England's Facebook account offers a possible motive for the murders: Revenge for the shooting death of his father, Carl England, two years ago, allegedly by a black man. "It is way too early to call this a hate crime," FBI agent James Finch cautioned on Sunday, though some local officials are less hesitant. What happened in Tulsa, and what are the chances that race was the motive? Here's what you should know:

What exactly happened?

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