On March 26, 1973, 22-year-old Fleming Johnson of Tulsa was found shot multiple times on the grass at the ball fields in Crawford Park, 600 East Young Street. The wounds were fatal at the scene and investigators concluded the shooting was a deliberate attack rather than an accident or stray gunfire. There were no immediate witnesses at the park, and the isolation of the scene left detectives dependent on a limited set of physical clues and neighborhood canvassing that produced no publicly identified suspect.

The investigation moved from active casework into a cold file that has been periodically reviewed over the years. The Tulsa Police Department continues to list the killing among the city’s unsolved homicides; no arrests or publicly named suspects have been announced. Does anyone have information about that day at Crawford Park or knew Fleming and can help fill in what happened before the shooting?