Cousin: Shooting Victims Are Mother-Daughter At Louie's To Celebrate Birthday

A cousin of the mother and daughter who were shot at a northwest Oklahoma City restaurant talked to News 9 Thursday night.

Natalie Giles and her daughter, Niah, were shot by an 18 to 20-year-old white male at Louie's Bar & Grill while celebrating a birthday. The shooter was shot and killed by an armed civilian in the vicinity of the incident, Oklahoma City police have confirmed.

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"I would like to request that your viewers lift them up in prayer and ask for God to help to heal them through this," Turner said.

Turner also had a special thank you.

"I would like to also thank the armed citizen who prevented very very much more loss of life and tragedy in this event," he said.

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Turner said he did not know if the shooter knew his victims or whether the attack was random.

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