Murder-Suicide Antidepressant Withdrawal 13/03/2004 Oklahoma Man Kills Elderly Person & Himself
 
 Summary:<br><br><!--StartFragment --><strong>Marvana Hodges said Davidson had run out of anti- depressants and was distraught over his inability to find work. <br /><br /></strong><a href="http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=1197212">http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=1197212</a><br /><br /><font size="5"><strong>Trouble led man to kill, friend says <br /></strong></font><div align="center">2004-03-13<br /><em>From staff and wire reports??<br /><br /><br /></em></div>TULSA -- A friend thinks financial stress and a depleted supply of prescription medication may have led a man to take at least one hostage Thursday and kill another man before shooting and killing himself. <br />Police identified the shooter as Mark Davidson, 44. Officer Scott Walton said Friday he could not confirm the account by Davidson&#39;s acquaintance. <br />Police also were not releasing the name of the slaying victim, pending notification of relatives. Walton described him only as an elderly man. <br />Marvana Hodges said Davidson had run out of anti- depressants and was distraught over his inability to find work. <br />Police were called to a duplex about 9 a.m., but &quot;could not find anything suspicious,&quot; Walton said. <br />Officers received another call about 1 p.m. from a woman who said she&#39;d been held against her will inside the residence and that someone who&#39;d been shot was inside. <br />Officers learned the man was barricaded inside and dispatched its special operations team and homicide detectives. <br />Witnesses inside the residence told police the man kept at least one person in the duplex against his will overnight. He was eventually released. <br />It was unclear how many hostages there were. <br />Witnesses also told police the shooter pushed a refrigerator against a back door to prevent anyone from getting in. Police also learned he might have a shotgun, a rifle equipped with a scope and another gun. <br />The tactical team lobbed several rounds of tear gas into the duplex when the shooter wouldn&#39;t answer telephone calls by negotiators. <br />Officers entered the duplex about 4:15 p.m. and saw two bodies in the living room, police said. The deaths had been caused by shotgun wounds, Walton said. <br />Davidson had a criminal record. In 1984, he was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm. In 1996, he was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled drug, state Corrections Department records show. <br /> 
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