Samuel Johnson, a 77-year-old Black man, was fatally shot inside his home on the 1600 block of Linden Street in Oklahoma City on February 7, 2026. Officers arrived about 7:10 p.m. at the residence near Exchange Avenue and South Pennsylvania Avenue and found Johnson with at least one gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting occurred four days before what would have been his 78th birthday.

Johnson’s death was one of four homicides in the city that weekend, which community members described as a distressing spike in violence.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oklahoma City Police Department Homicide Tip Line at 297-1200. Did anyone in the neighborhood notice anything unusual that evening or know Samuel Johnson’s movements leading up to February 7?