Frederick Vernell Ballard was 18 when he was shot on the night of July 12, 2001, on North Utica Avenue in Tulsa. Officers were dispatched about 11:23 p.m. to the 5500 block and found him lying in front of 5538 North Utica with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries on July 14, 2001.

The shooting was treated as a homicide from the start, but the person or persons who fired the shots have never been identified and the case eventually became a cold case. City and police cold case listings show the homicide remains unsolved and ask anyone with information to contact the Tulsa Police Department Cold Case Unit.

Did anyone in Tulsa that night see activity on North Utica Avenue or know why Frederick might have been at 5538 North Utica late on July 12, 2001?