Javier Morales, 24, known as Javi to friends and colleagues, was shot and killed on the evening of October 12, 2024, in Oklahoma City. He worked as a production assistant and building manager for a local podcast; his father is a member of LiveFree OKC, an organization focused on preventing gun violence. Police found Morales dead inside his car from gunshot wounds in the parking lot of Chino’s Liquor near Northwest 91st Street and Western Avenue at about 8:27 p.m.

Investigators say Morales was sitting in his vehicle when an altercation with another man began. Witnesses told police the dispute started over a bag of marijuana found on the trunk of Morales’s car; some witnesses reported the incident looked like a robbery attempt and that Morales may have fired his own weapon in self-defense. Police identified a suspect vehicle, then located a residence near Southeast 23rd Street and Del Road where a standoff ended the next day with two people surrendering. Brooklynn Miller, 20, was arrested on a complaint of being an accessory to murder and accused of driving the alleged shooter and two others to the liquor store.

Did anyone see Javier the night of October 12 or have information about the people who drove to Chino’s Liquor that evening?