Dawson Bostic, a 21-year-old Black man and lifelong Hugo resident, was shot and killed on February 3, 2025, in Grant, Oklahoma. That afternoon he had been with longtime friend Rickey Pharo Johnson; family said they were playing video games and left together around 3:45 p.m. A witness later reported hearing a gunshot near North Ervin Street and East Locust Avenue and then saw Johnson walking away from an overgrown lot. The witness’s children saw two men walk toward the lot and only one return.

Deputies found Bostic with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital in Paris, Texas, and died of his injuries. Relatives remembered him as a talented basketball player who had attended Seminole State College, worked as a welder, enjoyed singing and had been active in the Hugo Show Choir. Investigators focused on Johnson; he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder with deliberate intent on February 10, 2025. The case was paused for a competency evaluation, and by April 2026 the court had found Johnson competent and he remained in custody awaiting resolution of the charge.

If anyone knew Dawson or saw activity around North Ervin Street and East Locust Avenue that afternoon, please come forward with information.