A southeast Oklahoma City shooting on the late afternoon of February 16, 2026 left 23-year-old Colten Saathoff dead and his father, 50-year-old Steven Saathoff, in police custody. Officers responded shortly before 6 p.m. to the 5200 block of Harmon Drive after reports of gunfire. Outside the trailer, officers encountered Steven Saathoff firing a pistol; he was shot and injured by Master Sgt. Mathew Nelson, a 19-year veteran, and taken to a hospital.

Inside the Saathoff trailer investigators found Colten’s body with fatal gunshot wounds. The origin of those wounds — whether self-inflicted, fired by Steven Saathoff, or caused by another person — has not been determined and remains under investigation. Neighbors reported that Colten had approached a nearby trailer armed, fired at residents and struck a woman before his father allegedly took the gun and entered the neighbors’ trailer, firing there as well and then returning to his own residence as police arrived.

What did readers in the Harmon Drive area see that evening or know about the events leading up to this shooting?