An Oklahoma bachelor party trip turned deadly after the groom shot a friend, according to police and local media reports.
Police responded to reports of a shooting early Saturday at a home in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, where they found 21-year-old Braden Uhlmann suffering from “an apparent gunshot wound,” the state’s Bureau of Investigation said. Uhlmann was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
At the scene, special agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spoke to 22-year-old Nolan Engel, who is now accused of killing Uhlmann.
Engel, who was staying at an Airbnb cabin with friends for his bachelor party trip, made “spontaneous statements to arriving officers regarding himself as the shooter,” according to court documents reviewed by local outlet KXII.
Those documents allege that Engel fired a handgun after he heard knocking and saw someone’s shadow outside the cabin, KXII reported. Engel and a friend reportedly went outside afterward, and found Uhlmann had been shot in the chest.
Officers arrested Engel, and he was booked into the McCurtain County Jail for second-degree murder, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
“There were no other injuries reported, and this is still an ongoing investigation,” the bureau said.
He has since posted a $250,000 bond, KXII reports.
The Independent has contacted the McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office and Engel’s attorney for comment. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation declined to provide additional comment.
Broken Bow is located in southeastern Oklahoma, more than 200 miles outside of Oklahoma City. The city’s website describes the region as a “major tourist area.”
