Anthony Porter, a 44-year-old Black man, was found shot to death inside a room at the Days Inn at 8217 S. I-35 Service Road in southeast Oklahoma City in the early morning hours of February 20, 2024. Officers arrived about 5:24 a.m. after a shot was reported and discovered Porter deceased from an apparent gunshot wound; police classified it as Oklahoma City’s eighth homicide of 2024.

Detectives arrested Brandon Metcalf later that same day on a murder complaint and booked him into the Oklahoma County Detention Center; bond on the warrant was set at $10 million. Investigators also took a 15-year-old into custody in connection with the investigation, but the juvenile’s name was not released. A witness told investigators Porter had been trying to sell a firearm in the motel room, a struggle occurred, Porter dropped his gun, Metcalf picked it up, and a single gunshot was heard; the witness could not say who fired the weapon and said the second person then pointed a gun at her and threatened her.

Police asked anyone with information to contact the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Homicide Tip Line as investigators worked to establish the precise sequence of events and who fired the fatal shot.