On the evening of March 9, 2025, gunfire erupted at a southeast Oklahoma City apartment complex near Southeast 46th Street and Sunnylane Road. Police responding to a call around 10:45 p.m. found 16-year-old Jashaun Cheatom, a Black junior and a football player at Del City High School, suffering from gunshot wounds in the building breezeway. He was transported to OU Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

The shooting was logged as the city’s 12th homicide of 2025. In the days after the killing, two individuals were arrested on complaints of First Degree Murder; their identities have not been publicly released. Investigators said the motive was unclear in the initial days of the probe, and police asked anyone with information to come forward. Jashaun’s family set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses and the community responded with support.

If anyone knew Jashaun, was at the apartment complex that night, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.