Curtis Killman

Tulsa World Reporter

A Tulsa man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to beating a homeless man to death in January.

Jason Allen Lynn, 31, admitted to second-degree murder in Indian Country in the Jan. 10 death of Alan Underwood Jr., 54, whose body was found in snow near a homeless encampment in the 100 block of South Utica Avenue.

Lynn was arrested three days later at another homeless encampment.

Lynn told law enforcement that he struck Underwood several times with a stick after Underwood threatened earlier to kill Lynn’s girlfriend in a dispute over drugs, according to court documents.

A grand jury initially indicted Lynn on Feb. 4 in Tulsa federal court. But prosecutors refiled the charges in June after a judge tossed the initial indictment after calling it imper

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