HBO Cathouse Killings: Suspect, Victims Named
Nov. 17 2009, Published 10:40 a.m. ET
Police on Tuesday identified a suspect in the November 9 shooting and house fire that killed four adults -- two of whom were pregnant -- including Moonlite Bunny Ranch prostitute/HBO Cathouse star Brooke Phillips.
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An eyewitness, who was inside the house at the time of the shooting, identified David Allen Tyner, 28, as the suspect, according to police. All four people were shot before the blaze was set, officials said. On Monday, a judge issued an arrest warrant for Tyner on six murder complaints.
The identities of three other victims in the blaze that killed are Jennifer Lynn Ermey, Casey M. Barrientos and Millie Barrera, friends and relatives told The Oklahoman newspaper.
Ermy, 25, was a dancer at Night Trips, a topless bar where Phillips also claimed to have worked; Barrientos, 32, had spent time in custody after pleading guilty, in 1996, to being the driver in a drive-by shooting.
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Barrera, 22, was also pregnant, and shot several times before the house was set ablaze.
"My daughter received many phone calls and texts from Ermy who said she needed help," Barrera's stepfather, Gary Gardner, told RadarOnline.com exclusively. "She was only trying to be kind to a friend in need."