A west Tulsa neighborhood was the scene of a fatal shooting on the late afternoon of August 7, 2023. Police found 30-year-old Kori Shaver, a Black female, in the back seat of a running car near West 48th Street and South 33rd West Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head. Paramedics transported her to a hospital, where she died of her injuries.

The initial 911 call came from a man who said he had found Shaver already shot. That caller, identified as Kortney Smith, was taken in for questioning after investigators say surveillance footage and other evidence contradicted his account. Detectives developed evidence pointing to both Kortney and his brother, Julian Smith, who had been in the car with Shaver earlier that day. Investigators allege Julian shot Shaver while seated in the passenger seat and that Kortney helped him flee and later moved the car before calling 911.

Within days, arrest warrants were issued and Kortney Smith was taken into custody. Julian Smith was later located and arrested and charged in connection with Shaver’s killing. Did anyone in the area know Kori, Kortney, or Julian or see them together that afternoon?