Guilty plea to shooting outside Tulsa nightclub

A 21-year-old man from Tulsa who committed a shooting outside of a Tulsa nightclub in August has pleaded guilty in federal court.

Jaden Perez pleaded guilty to carrying, using, brandishing, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Perez admitted to firing a handgun at a security guard and injuring him in August of last year.  He faces ten years in federal prison at his sentencing, which is scheduled for April 27th.

In his plea agreement, Perez admitted that he got into a fight with a security guard as the nightclub was closing. After the fight ended, Perez ran across the parking lot firing multiple times at security guards and other bystanders, ultimately hitting one security guard who returned fire and struck Perez multiple times.

The security guard was not seriously injured.

Perez fled the scene. Tulsa police officers later found Perez in the back seat  of a car suffering from gunshot wounds.

Perez is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation, and the crime occurred on the Muscogee Nation Reservation.