3 children shot as police open fire on alleged robbery suspect

Three children were injured as police in Oklahoma opened fire on a robbery suspect Friday evening. The suspect was also shot in the incident.

William Devaughn Smith, 21, was located in Hugo, near the Texas-Oklahoma border, where police attempted to take the man into custody, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Smith is suspected of robbing a Pizza Hut in Hugo on April 11.

While attempting to "make contact" with Smith, police officers opened fire and shot him, as well as three children, the OSBI said in a statement. Smith and four children were in a vehicle when the detectives from the Hugo Police Department opened fire, Brook Arbeitman, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, told The Associated Press.

Three of the four children were shot, police said. They were rushed to the hospital, but details of their injuries and ages have not been released by authorities.

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The suspect's wife was also in the car, but uninjured, police said. It is unclear if those injured were the suspect's children.

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It's been 11 hours since the story broke. They should know more about the children.

I mean were the cops aware of them when they opened fire? Something is not passing the sniff test.