Kathleen Cade, 72, a retired teacher and breast cancer survivor, was struck by a stray bullet while sleeping in her northwest Oklahoma City home in the early morning hours of August 7, 2024. A family member requested a welfare check later that day; officers found her on the second floor with what first appeared to be a head laceration. She was conscious and taken to a local hospital, where staff determined the wound was a gunshot.

Investigators believe the bullet entered her bedroom from NW 36th Street. A neighbor reported hearing a loud boom about 3 a.m. but did not recognize it as a gunshot at the time. After a week on life support Cade died on August 14, 2024; her death has been ruled a homicide. Friends and family described her as a very nice woman who had no enemies. No arrests or suspects are in custody and the Oklahoma City Police Department is asking anyone with information about the shooting near Northwest 36th and Tulsa Avenue to contact the Homicide Tip Line.

Did anyone in the area hear or see anything around 3 a.m. on August 7 that could help investigators?