Around 4:40 a.m. on a Sunday in 2016, neighbors on the 900 block of Southwest 24th Street near South Western Avenue were awakened by gunfire. Officers who responded found Cristian (Christian) Estrada Tovar lying mortally wounded in the front yard of a residence; medics pronounced him dead at the scene. The killing was recorded as the 23rd homicide in Oklahoma City that year.

Initial reports described only the shots and neighbors’ accounts of hearing gunfire; there were no early public descriptions of a confrontation on the lawn or a fleeing vehicle. Police said no arrests were made in the immediate aftermath, and investigators appealed for tips via the homicide tip line and Crime Stoppers. Months later the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office accepted a first-degree murder case against 19-year-old Curlton Panoske, who was already being held in another jail on an unrelated matter when charged in connection with the shooting.

If anyone knew Cristian Estrada Tovar or witnessed activity on Southwest 24th Street that morning, can you share information with investigators?