By Staff and Wire Reports

 

Prosecutors accused David Allen Tyner, 28, of Locust Grove, on Friday of shooting, stabbing and then burning Brooke Phillips, Jennifer Ermey, Milagrous Barrera and Mark Barrientos on Nov. 9. Because Phillips and Barrera were pregnant, two more murder counts were filed.

 

Investigators say "Hooligan" was later identified as Tyner.

 

Tyner turned himself in on Nov. 17 to the Mayes County Sheriff’s Office in Pryor after being named a suspect in the case. He was booked in the Oklahoma County Jail at 4:45 p.m. on Nov. 17.

 

“He walked into the sheriff’s office and said ‘I’m David Tyner, I hear you guys are looking for me,’” said Mayes County Sheriff Frank Cantey. “He was pretty calm.”

 

Tyner was a two-time state champion wrestler from Salina who finished his high school career at Locust Grove, where he was a two-time All-American and a state runner-up his senior year in 2000, said Johnny Cook, Tyner’s wrestling coach at Locust Grove.

“I can’t believe this,” Cook said. “I’m just shocked. The guy I know, there’s no way he could ever do that.”

Cook said he learned of Tyner’s arrest from his wife who had seen a report on television. He said he remembers Tyner being compassionate.

“He obviously had a strong work ethic and a strong will to succeed, being a two-time All-American and a state runner-up,” Cook said. “But he was very kind-hearted, too. If someone was being bullied or picked on in school, he would take up for that individual. That’s the David I knew.”

After high school, Tyner wrestled at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga and later joined the U.S. Marine Corps, Cook said.

After a stint in the military, Tyner became a mixed martial arts fighter and compiled a 6-1 record.