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Olando Jo’Shaun Smith, sometimes recorded as Olando, was a 21-year-old Black man from Oklahoma City who was shot to death on the afternoon of October 14, 2012. The killing occurred near the Putnam Green Apartments around Knight Lake Drive and Lyrewood Lane in the northwest part of the city. Officers found him at the scene and he was pronounced dead; the death was recorded as a homicide by gunfire.

Family members later said Orlando had been worried about his safety in the weeks before his death, and his sister recalled he told her he thought he was going to die. Relatives also reported hearing that a group of kids had fought earlier, left, then returned with guns and opened fire, one bullet striking Orlando. Detectives checked local hospitals for a possible second victim but no additional wounded person was located.

Police released limited information and urged the public to call a homicide tip line. Records cited with the case do not describe any arrests or identify suspects, and the file remains listed among unsolved homicides. Does anyone who lived near Putnam Green in October 2012 have information that could help this investigation?