Suspect In Deadly Shooting At McLain 2022 Homecoming Game Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter

Ni'avien Golden, the suspect in the McLain High School shooting, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and three counts of assault on Wednesday. The incident in 2022 left one dead and three injured.

Wednesday, September 4th 2024, 5:21 pm

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. -

The suspect in a shooting at McLain High School's 2022 Homecoming Game pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Wednesday.

Ni'avien Golden had been charged with murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Terron Yarbrough on Sept. 30 at McLain High School. Three other people were also injured in the shooting, including a 9-year-old girl.

Golden was 16 at the time of the shooting. In 2023, a judge ruled that Golden would be tried as an adult in the case.

Golden entered a guilty plea of manslaughter in court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to three counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon.

Sentencing will be determined at another hearing in November.

Story Timeline: 1 Killed, 3 Injured In Shooting During McLain Football Homecoming Game

Homicide detectives say that before the shooting happened, Ni'avien Lee Golden, then 16, was arguing with a group of people.

A witness told police that Golden showed them a gun and that Golden mentioned shooting a person referred to as “V” after “having words” with him. The affidavit says that moments later, V asked Golden to come outside. Another witness described a group of people surrounding Golden before jumping him. That's when investigators say shots were fired.

Video from the broadcast of the 2022 McLain Homecoming game shows both teams taking off running once they heard the gunshots.

Tulsa Police say when they arrived at McLain, they found Terron Yarbrough dead at the scene, and later discovered more victims at a hospital after the game. Officers searched with K-9 units all that night, checking neighborhoods, and looking for the shooter, but he got away.

Golden surrendered to the police a week later on October 8.

Ni'avien Golden Turns Himself In

After the situation at McClain and other gun-related incidents at a Choctaw-Mid Del football game, and a Booker T. Washington game several Oklahoma school districts implemented new security policies.