James Lamont Garrett, 31, was found shot to death inside his Tulsa home at 1819 West Independence Street on September 10, 1995. Officers discovered the killing about 5:20 p.m.; the front door had been kicked in and rooms were ransacked, consistent with a violent forced entry. Several items were reported stolen, including the car stereo and wheels from Garrett’s vehicle, and those facts led investigators to treat robbery or a home invasion as the likely motive.

The case is cataloged among Tulsa’s unsolved 1990s homicides, and authorities have continued to seek tips from anyone with information about what happened in that house on West Independence Street.

Did anyone in Tulsa at the time see suspicious activity near 1819 West Independence Street on or around September 10, 1995?